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Hareesh Tibrewala
Hareesh Tibrewala, Joint CEO Mirum India
Born
Hareesh Tibrewala

Alma materUniversity of Southern California, United States
OccupationBusinessman, entrepreneur
Known forJoint CEO, Mirum India[1]

Hareesh Tibrewala is an Indian businessman and an entrepreneur. He is the joint CEO for Mirum India (a WPP Company).[2]

He has spoken on various topics related to entrepreneurship, digital marketing and marketing automation.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

He has also penned articles on how to build good website and what are web cookies,[12][13] chatbots,[14] blockchain,[15] marketing automation,[16][17][18] augmented reality, healthcare marketing,[19] human resources, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality.[20][21][22][23][24][25] As well as Digital Transformation, and how digital marketers are preparing for the future.[26][27]

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

He was born in Mukundgarh, Rajasthan, India. He studied at Hindi Vidya Bhavan and earned a bachelor's degree from VJTI, University of Mumbai and a master's degree from the University of Southern California.[28]

Career[edit | edit source]

He studied business strategy planning at AKZO-Nobel, Germany. He started his career as a partner with IFCM Counselors, a human asset management company. In 1997, he co-founded Homeindia.com.[29] Mirum (Social Wavelength), now part of WPP plc, is Hareesh's third venture.

He was president of the Rotary Club of Mumbai, Sea Pearl, as well as the founder and co-chairperson of the expert committee on information technology at the Indian Merchants Chamber.[30][31][32][33][34]

He is a Lead Partner with Social Venture Partners since 2023[35] and mentor at Standford seed.

Hareesh addressed national and international conferences on subjects pertaining to branding, entrepreneurship and technology,[36][37][38] apart from this Hareesh has also moderated in Mirum's flagship conferences "Future of Digital Marketing".[39][40]

Books[edit | edit source]

  • If I Had To Do It Again : Internet Entrepreneurs Wisdom In Hindsight[41] – 2018, India, Mumbai ISBN 978-93-87860-25-4

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Hareesh Tibrewala - Joint CEO Social Wavelength". jwt.com.
  2. "Psychographics will soon score over demographics: Hareesh Tibrewala". financialexpress.com. April 13, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  3. "Entrepreneurship: The True Process of Learning". Entrepreneur India.
  4. "Challenges in front of marketing agencies". brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com.
  5. "Hareesh Tibrewala on HT Brand Studio Live". YouTube.com.
  6. Chawla, Pavan R. (2022-01-13). "BRIEF22 | Hareesh Tibrewala, Mirum India: Talent acquisition a key priority for 2022". MediaBrief. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  7. Tibrewala, Hareesh. "Cashing In On The Opportunities". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  8. "Entrepreneurial experience to technology predictions for future 2019". Youtube.com.
  9. "Understanding Marketing Automation". Youtube.com.
  10. "Why marketing automation is the future of digital for brands". FinancialExpress.com.
  11. Fireside chat - Martech Roundup 2021 & Trend Prediction 2022, 2 February 2022, retrieved 2022-03-04
  12. "Beginners Guide: Building a Good Website". PCQuest.
  13. "The Cookie is Crumbling". Adgully.com.
  14. "The Emerging Importance of Chatbots". Entrepreneur India.
  15. "Guest Times: Blockchain — the future is decentralised". bestmediainfo.com.
  16. "Understanding Marketing Automation". campaignindia.in.
  17. "How MarTech is slowly becoming a powerful tool". brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/.
  18. "Opinion: How brands are leveraging marketing automation". Campaign India.
  19. "Changing Face of Healthcare Communication". www.adgully.com. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  20. "When Artificial Intelligence throws up real-world problems". Exchange4media.com. 9 October 2023.
  21. "Artificial Intelligence : Opportunities and Challenges" (PDF). Imcnet.org.
  22. "For Artificial Intelligence To Flourish, Governments Need To Think Ahead About Its Responsible Use". Firstpost.com. 16 October 2020.
  23. Tibrewala, Hareesh (2021-05-15). "Emergence and Importance of the Human Cloud". People Matters. People Matters Media Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  24. "EXCLUSIVE | Hareesh Tibrewala, Mirum India: The power of collaboration". MediaBrief. 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  25. "Business Applications of AR and VR". dqindia.com.
  26. "The next frontier of digital transformation: Are you onboard?". Brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com.
  27. "Metaverse, social commerce and personalisation in a cookie-less world: Here's how digital marketers are preparing for the future". Businessinsider.
  28. "Personal Details".
  29. "An Interview with Hareesh Tibrewala". socialsamosa.com.
  30. "Chairperson of Digital Committee at IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry". Imcnet.org.
  31. Union Budget IT Sector : आयटी सेक्टर तज्ज्ञ Hareesh Tibrewala यांच्याकडून अर्थसंकल्पाचं स्वागत, February 2022, retrieved 2022-03-04
  32. Budget: भारत में कैसे होगी Digital currency की शुरुआत, IMC डिजिटल कमेटी के चेयरमैन से जानिए, February 2022, retrieved 2022-03-04
  33. Mr. Hareesh Tibrewala presenting views on post budget views on Zee TV, 2 February 2022, retrieved 2022-03-04
  34. Mr. Hareesh Tibrewala presenting views on post budget views on India News, 2 February 2022, retrieved 2022-03-04
  35. "Partner, Social Venture Partners". Svpindia.org.
  36. "Sanjay Mehta & Hareesh Tibrewala mentor young professionals at IAA 'World Goes Digital' Webinar Series". freepressjournal.in. Archived from the original on 2015-12-16.
  37. "Exchange4Media IDMA Awards 2013".
  38. "Hareesh Tibrewala: Mobile Marketing Association". mmaglobal.com.
  39. "Panel discussion Bengaluru". Youtube.com.
  40. "Panel discussion Delhi 2019". Youtube.com.
  41. "If I Had To Do It Again". TV18 BROADCAST LTD (CNBC TV18).