NAVEEN TEWARI
Founder and CEO, InMobi Group

Naveen Tewari, is the founder and CEO of the Indian unicorn, InMobi. The 41-year-old started InMobi in 2008 after having launched mKhoj which aimed to monetize SMS-based search a year earlier. Then he turned his focus on the broader mobile ecosystem, which proved to be a good bet. In 2011, SoftBank Corp invested $200mn in InMobi, which was considered one of the largest investments in the mobile internet space globally. In 2011, InMobi became India’s first company to cross the $1 billion (around Rs 7,115 crore) valuation, earning for itself the appellation of a unicorn. In 2018, inMobi struck a partnership with Microsoft and more recently with WPP to enhance brand experiences. Today, InMobi is not just an advertising player but also a media and software company