Jyoti Deshpande

Biography

Jyoti Deshpande is an Indian businesswoman and film producer who is currently the CEO of Viacom 18. She was formerly the Group CEO and Managing Director of Eros International. Jyoti is the Co-Chair of the Media & Entertainment Committee, FICCI.

She has been featured in Fortune India as well as Business Today’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business lists.

After finishing my MBA, Jyoti Deshpande acquired a position with Mindshare Media, a UK-based firm. She was a senior consultant at that time. She then was the Sales & Marketing Head for the Zee Network. She went to work for James Walter Thompson, an advertising firm, after working for Zee.

She was a senior management team member that formed the B4U Television Network between 1999 and 2001. In 2018, she joined Reliance Industries as president of Media Platform & Content and reported directly to Mukesh Ambani.

She is now the CEO of Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. She was formerly the Group CEO and Managing Director of Eros International.

She is also President of Reliance Industries Limited Media and Content Business.