Prem Parameswaran | |
|---|---|
| Born | Prem Parameswaran 1968 (age 57–58) |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Title | Chief Financial Officer and President atTriller |
Prem Parameswaran (born October 4, 1968) is the Chief Financial Officer and President ofTriller.[1]
Parameswaran was born in the US to Indian parents and grew up in Scarsdale, New York. He currently resides in Purchase, New York with his three children, Trinity, Kayla and Hudson.[2] Parameswaran graduated fromColumbia University in 1990 with a BA in Political Science and received an MBA with honors fromColumbia Business School in 1995. While at Columbia, Parameswaran was a defenseman on the Columbia University hockey team.[3]
Parameswaran most recently was withEros International, a leading company in the Indian film entertainment industry, where he served as Chief Financial Officer and President of North America.
He has worked atJefferies Group as Global Head of Media and Telecommunications Investment Banking and atDeutsche Bank as Head of Media & Telecom for the Americas.[4] He has also worked atGoldman Sachs,Salomon Brothers, and numerous other companies.[5]
Parameswaran serves on the Board of Directors of Kare Partners.[6] He is also on the boards of theColumbia University Alumni Trustee Nominating Committee and the Program for Financial Studies atColumbia Business School.[7] He established the Prem Parameswaran Family Scholarship at Columbia Business School.[8] In 2017, Parameswaran was invited to the White House Oval Office Reception for Diwali withPresident Trump.[9]
In 2020, he was nominated byDonald Trump as a member of the Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and is the only Indian on the 13-member commission and was sworn in on January 27, 2020.[10][11][12][13] He was also reported to be one of the senior Indian officials that includeAjit Pai,Seema Verma, andManisha Singh, who would accompany the president during his visit toIndia on February 24–25, 2020.[14]