Ravi Ahuja Named President and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment; Successor to Tony Vinciquerra

Sony Group Corporation And Sony Pictures Entertainment (PES) announced on Tuesday that Ravi Ahuja will be promoted to President and CEO of SPE, effective January 2, 2025. Ahuja, who currently serves as SPE Chairman of Global Television Studios as well as President and COO, will succeed him Tony Vinciquerrawho will step down from his role as SPE CEO.
Vinciquerra will continue to serve as non-executive chairman in an advisory capacity until the end of December 2025.
In his new role, Ahuja will report directly Kenichiro YoshidaChairman and CEO of Sony Group Corporation, and Hiroki Totoki, President, COO and CFO of Sony Group Corporation.

Who is Ravi Ahuja?

Since joining SPE in 2021, Ahuja, as Chairman of Global Television Studios, is responsible for leading all production operations for Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and the studio’s India business.
He also oversaw SPE’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities, including the acquisitions of Industrial Media, Bad Wolf and Pixomondo, as well as the sale of GSN Games to Scopely.
Prior to SPE, Ahuja held various positions of increasing responsibility, including President of Business Operations and CFO at Walt Disney Television and CFO at Fox Networks Group and Virgin Entertainment Group, Inc.
Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman and CEO of Sony Group Corporation, praised Ahuja’s contributions, saying, “Since joining SPE in 2021, Ravi has been at the heart of Tony’s leadership team, meeting the unprecedented challenges of today’s media and entertainment environment and positioning SPE for further development .” Ravi brings years of experience from his time at some of the world’s most successful entertainment companies and we look forward to working more closely with him in his new role as President and CEO of SPE.
During his tenure, which began in June 2017, Vinciquerra successfully led SPE’s turnaround and achieved five consecutive years of increasing profits. This was achieved by strengthening SPE’s film slate, refocusing its television business and pursuing aggressive mergers and acquisitions in key growth areas, such as its acquisition of Crunchyroll in 2021.