India Today Group Appoints Vivek Khanna As The Group CEO
India Today Group appoints Vivek Khanna as the Group CEO. Vivek will report to the Vice Chairperson of the group, Kalli Purie. Group Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie announced in an internal communication, “I am excited about Vivek joining us. With his background plus track record and our bench strength, I am confident he will bring structure, process discipline and marketing muscle to our creative genius so we can scale new heights. In all of you, I know I have the best team in the industry which makes me so proud. Now with the new leadership in place, I look forward to a year of exponential growth.”
Elaborating on Vivek's persona, Aroon added, “Apart from his strategic thinking and marketing expertise, I have selected Vivek because he is a “people” person. He has an inclusive style of leadership, works hard and with passion, is goal oriented, pays attention to details, and builds teams. He believes that the right person in the right job is the only formula for good decisions, growth, and organizational success. Like me, Vivek leads from the trenches. He is known for personally going out to close partnerships and service clients.”
Vivek has 26 years of experience in sales, strategy, and marketing and is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad. Vivek gave a start to his career with Hindustan Unilever and Aviva Life Insurance. Later, he switched to HT Media in the year 2008. Since 2013, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Hindustan Media Ventures Limited.
Under Vivek's leadership, the advertising revenue of Hindustan Media grew by 14% between 2013 to 2016. The circulation of the newspaper grew leaps and bounced and showed an increase of 30%.
