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Dhiraj Mukherjee
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- Dhiraj Mukherjee is a co-founder of Shazam, the world’s first mobile phone-based music recognition service (acquired by Apple). He was named one of Europe’s Top 50 technology entrepreneurs by the Financial Times.
Biography
Meet Dhiraj Mukherjee
Dhiraj Mukherjee is the Co-founder of Shazam Entertainment, the world’s first mobile phone-based music recognition service. Shazam was acquired by Apple in 2017 for a reported $400 million.
Dhiraj was recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s Top 50 technology entrepreneurs and elected as a member of The Digital Banking Club’s “Power 50”. He was previously Head of Banking Innovation at Virgin Money, where he was responsible for developing new digital banking services, including one aimed at serving 2.2 million students in the UK.
Dhiraj has also worked in strategy and innovation roles within disruptive and high growth companies including Bauer Media, Infosys Limited, Reuters, Save the Children and ?What If!.
Dhiraj is now an active angel investor focused on emerging technologies and “Tech for Good,” and was selected for Smith & Williamson’s “Power 100” for supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in the U.K. He is a Non-Executive Director of MeVitae (helping companies avoid unconscious bias in recruitment) and an investor in Beam (helping the homeless), Erase All Kittens (coding skills for girls), Jamma (supporting immigrants), Coursematch (EdTech) and several others.
He has invested alongside Bill Gates in Breakthrough Energy Ventures and in Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management.
His research and investments focus are centred around Generation Z and minority-led start-ups and he strongly believes in the power of young entrepreneurs working to create a better society for the future.
Dhiraj is a globally recognised keynote speaker on innovation and sustainable business and has spoken to senior executives and entrepreneurs across the globe. Clients include Google, Airbus, Real Madrid FC, O2, Santander, The Economist and many many more.
Dhiraj has a degree in Mathematical Economics from Dartmouth College, USA and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He speaks regularly at conferences on innovation, entrepreneurship and emerging technology.
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Tech, Green and Youth: AI and Emerging Technology
Just as Shazam transformed the music industry, GenAI will transform business beyond recognition within 10 years. The question is: how will we transform ourselves? The key is embracing uncertainty: learning to be good at what we aren’t doing yet. Drawing on decades of experience, I share my proven methods for re-inventing business and building lasting success.
Teamwork, Tenacity and Resilience - The Shazam story
Dhiraj takes you through the journey of founding Shazam in 2000 – long before smart phones existed – to exiting to Apple in 2018 with over one billion downloads. He tells the roller-coaster story from idea to exit, surviving the dotcom crash and the financial crisis to become a globally iconic app. This is a story about teamwork, tenacity and resilience.
High Stakes: Why we are alI Impact Investors
Dhiraj deeply believes that the best way to predict the future is to create it. He shares insights from investing in mission-driven entrepreneurs aiming to make a positive impact on the planet. This is a story about how to bring impact to your business by collaborating with the next generation of change makers.
Build an Innovator’s Instincts
Dhiraj shares his lessons learned on how to create and scale successful digital businesses. He provides insights into thinking creatively, building innovative teams, developing an entrepreneur’s mindset and the resilience needed to succeed with new digital ventures.
How to Anticipate the Future
We all try to look into the future to anticipate and lead in an increasingly uncertain world. Dhiraj has a unique perspective as a “Tech for Good” investor in emerging technology, sustainable business, and the next generation of consumers. He shares his insights into the major themes shaping our collective future, and how to position strategically for long-term success.
Learning to adapt
Dhiraj believes that only companies designed to be adaptive will succeed in the long run. Generation Z uses innovative technology in their learning, so leaders must adopt the tools of education as well as learn from the next generation of talent. Dhiraj shares how to adapt – based on his work with EdTech startups, partnering with students at top universities, and observing how Gen Z thinks and works.
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