SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM

Ravi Ahuja is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), where he oversees the studio's global businesses including motion pictures, television studios and networks, Crunchyroll, experiences, and entertainment technology. 

Prior to assuming the CEO role in January 2025, Ahuja served as Chairman of Sony Pictures Television and President & COO of SPE, leading day-to-day operations of SPE and all production businesses for Sony Pictures Television (SPT), including U.S. and international productions, nonfiction, kids, game shows, and the studio’s India business. 

Since joining Sony Pictures, Ahuja reoriented the television business, expanded the studio’s gameshow IP and led several key M&A transactions for the studio, including a significant strategic investment in Cosm, a majority stake in the world-class “PEANUTS” IP alongside Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), the sale of GSN Mobile Games to Scopely, and the acquisitions of leading UK production company Bad Wolf and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema – the latter of which anchored the launch of the studio’s experiences division and underpinned a deal to restore and reopen the iconic Cinerama Dome. Under Ahuja’s leadership, Crunchyroll, which was acquired in 2021, grew exponentially to become the world’s leading anime streaming platform.

SPE’s Motion Picture Group is comprised of film labels Columbia Pictures, Tristar Pictures, 3000 Pictures, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Classics, Stage 6 Films, AFFIRM Films, and visionary visual effects house Sony Pictures Imageworks – the only in-house visual effects unit at a major studio. The studio’s film legacy includes a rich collection of critically acclaimed and commercially successful hits including Best Picture Oscar® nominees Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Little Women, Call Me by Your Name, The Social Network, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Oscar® winner Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; and blockbuster franchises including Hotel Transylvania, Jumanji, Venom, Bad Boys, Ghostbusters, and the highest grossing film in the studio’s history, Spider-Man: No Way Home.  

SPT is one of the world's leading television studios, creating and distributing many of the most recognizable series and enduring franchises in entertainment. From award-winning dramas and iconic game shows to groundbreaking unscripted hits and global formats, SPT delivers premium content that captivates audiences across every genre and every platform. Its portfolio includes some of television's most celebrated and successful series, including Pluribus, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, The Boys, The Last of Us, Cobra Kai, S.W.A.T., Outlander, My Life with the Walter Boys, Shark Tank, Twisted Metal, The Real Housewives of Orange County, The Crown, and many more. With dozens of wholly-owned or joint venture production companies across 12 countries, SPT develops, produces, and distributes globally resonant stories that entertain, inspire, and connect audiences around the world every day.

SPE’s library spans more than 3,500 film and television titles, including the Spider-Man and Men in Black franchises, Seinfeld, Breaking Bad and cinematic classics such as Lawrence of Arabia, Taxi Driver, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Before joining SPE in March 2021, Ahuja was President of Business Operations and CFO of Walt Disney Television, which included the ABC Network, ABC News, ABC Owned Stations, Disney Channel, Disney Television Studios, Freeform, FX, Hulu Originals and National Geographic. He played a central role in merging Disney/ABC Television and Fox Networks following Disney’s acquisition of Fox in early 2019.  

Prior to his time at Disney, he served as CFO of the Fox Networks Group, where he oversaw finance, strategy and business development for all its business units: Twentieth Century Fox Television Studios, Fox Broadcasting, Fox Cable Networks, Fox Sports, National Geographic and Fox Networks Europe and Africa, Latin America and Asia.

In his 12 years at Fox, Ahuja formulated and executed on the company’s growth initiatives, including those in streaming and new technology. He helped to guide the company’s Hulu joint venture for over a decade and spearheaded investments in Roku, DraftKings and many others. Additionally, Ahuja led the acquisitions of National Geographic Partners, Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network and Sports Time Ohio.

Before joining Fox in 2007, Ahuja served as CFO for Virgin Entertainment Group, Inc. Prior to that, he worked at McKinsey & Company and in investment banking. 

Ahuja has an undergraduate and MBA degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and serves on the Wharton Undergraduate Executive Board. He also serves on the Board of the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation.