Sanjog Gupta, who was appointed the CEO of JioStar Sports activities in November 2024, has been named the seventh CEO of ICC. Ishan Chatterjee, who’s the chief enterprise officer, sports activities income, SMB and creators at JioStar, will take over because the CEO of Sports activities and Reside Experiences at JioStar.
ICC Chairman Jay Shah welcoming Gupta, stated, “His deep understanding of the worldwide sports activities in addition to M&E panorama mixed along with his continued curiosity in regards to the cricket fan’s perspective and fervour for expertise will show important in our ambition to develop the sport within the coming years. Our aim is to maneuver past conventional boundaries and set up cricket as a daily sport within the Olympics, rising its expanse internationally and deepening its roots in its core markets.”
Shah stated that ICC thought-about a number of distinctive candidates for this place however the Nominations Committee unanimously beneficial Sanjog Gupta.
Gupta commenced his function because the ICC CEO on July 7. “These are thrilling occasions for the game as marquee occasions develop in stature, industrial avenues widen and alternatives similar to the ladies’s recreation scale in reputation. Cricket’s inclusion within the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Video games and the fast acceleration of expertise deployment/adoption might act as force-multipliers for the Cricket motion all over the world,” he stated.
The ICC CEO had joined Star India (now JioStar) in 2010 and held a number of management roles throughout content material, programming and technique. Earlier than being appointed CEO of JioStar Sports activities, Gupta turned the Head of Sports activities at Disney and Star India in 2020.
In the meantime, Chatterjee will head JioStar Sports activities, taking up from Gupta. He’ll report back to Kiran Mani, CEO of Digital at JioStar. Chatterjee is at the moment answerable for the general monetisation technique and income progress for JioHotstar. He’s additionally answerable for the expansion of JioStar’s creator ecosystem.
Ishan Chatterjee has an expertise of over 20 years throughout enterprise and income roles. Earlier than becoming a member of JioStar, he was the Managing Director of YouTube India. He held a number of management roles throughout EMEA and APAC over his 13-year tenure at Google.
