Naveen Tewari

Naveen Tewari is the CEO and founder of InMobi Technologies Private Limited. InMobi has global businesses across consumer technology and enterprise platforms – InMobi Advertising, Glance, and Roposo were built and operate on the philosophy of building the most innovative products from India for the world. An alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT) and Harvard Business School, Naveen founded InMobi in 2008 after a brief stint at McKinsey. InMobi was India’s first Unicorn and is now one of the world’s leading advertising platforms. Glance, the second business of the group, is a top 10 global consumer internet company, that is converting every surface into a smart-surface. Roposo is a creator led live entertainment and commerce platform that is pioneering live commerce globally. Most recently, Glance received significant investments from Google, Jio, and Mithril Capital. Naveen is a strong proponent of Indian entrepreneurship. Having mentored and supported over 60 young technology companies personally or via InMobi, the impact of the “InMobi Mafia” on India’s startup ecosystem cannot be understated. He has invested in several startups such as Razorpay, NestAway, Springboard, Mettl, Klub, Factors.ai, Bright Money, Bombay Canteen, and more. He has also served as a Board member at PayTM. Naveen has been bestowed with several accolades over the years including: • UP Gaurav Samman, Uttar Pradesh’s Highest Civilian Honour, presented by CM Yogi Adityanath, 2024 • Outstanding Startup Entrepreneur at Forbes Leadership Awards 2021 • exchange4media Influencer of the Year 2020 Award • ‘Future Leaders Award’ presented by Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister, 2015 • Fortune’s ‘40 under 40’ most powerful, influential and important people in business, 2015 • ‘100 Most Creative People’, 2014 across the world He also received the esteemed ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award” by his alma mater IIT-Kanpur for excellence in entrepreneurship, and Dean’s Award by Harvard Business School for his exceptional leadership and contribution.