Reside Nation-owned ticketing large Ticketmaster has appointed Saumil Mehta as its new World President, efficient November 1.
Mehta succeeds Mark Yovich, who has served as President since 2020 and can now turn into Chairman of Ticketmaster with a give attention to the corporate’s long-term technique and international development.
Mehta will report on to Reside Nation CEO Michael Rapino.
Based on Ticketmaster, over the previous six months, Mehta has labored as an advisor and investor to a various group of AI startups and likewise goals to “speed up an AI transformation” on the firm.
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“Over the previous a number of years, Ticketmaster has been working to construct a powerful basis for the following section of development. Saumil brings a contemporary perspective and deep product and know-how experience that can assist us construct on that momentum.”
Michael Rapino, Reside Nation Leisure
Below his management, Ticketmaster plans to “execute AI alternatives throughout key areas of its enterprise – akin to empowering venues, fortifying the ticketing infrastructure towards unhealthy actors, and enhancing the ticket-buying expertise for followers”.
Ticketmaster stated at present (October 14), that as the corporate “enters its subsequent chapter, Mark Yovich’s management has helped lay the groundwork for continued success”.
Added Ticketmaster: “Throughout his tenure as President, Ticketmaster has delivered vital development, increasing the corporate’s international presence, advancing its know-how platforms, and bringing a unified expertise to followers around the globe. As Chairman, Yovich will proceed to assist Ticketmaster’s long-term technique, with a give attention to international growth and innovation.”
Mehta steps into the function with a powerful basis in product innovation, scaling know-how companies and international commerce.
He spent over 9 years at Sq., the place he was most lately Chief Product Officer and Head of Enterprise Org, “serving to construct and scale merchandise utilized by hundreds of thousands of small companies and a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of shoppers”.
Previous to this function, Mehta based LocBox, a advertising and marketing automation startup that helped native companies develop via focused, multi-channel advertising and marketing, which was acquired by Sq. in 2015.
“The actual alternative lies in how we evolve the expertise by constructing smarter and extra intuitive methods for followers to attach with the reside experiences that matter a lot to them.”
Saumil Mehta
“Ticketmaster is an unbelievable enterprise that serves because the world’s portal to the perfect reside leisure,” stated Mehta.
“The actual alternative lies in how we evolve the expertise by constructing smarter and extra intuitive methods for followers to attach with the reside experiences that matter a lot to them.”
Michael Rapino, CEO of Reside Nation Leisure, added: “Over the previous a number of years, Ticketmaster has been working to construct a powerful basis for the following section of development.
“Saumil brings a contemporary perspective and deep product and know-how experience that can assist us construct on that momentum.”
