Ashwin Navin | |
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| Born | c. 1977 (age 46–47) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | CEO and Saxophonist |
| Known for | CEO and Co-founder Samba TV |
| Relatives | Alvir Navin |
Ashwin Navin (born c.1977) is an American entrepreneur, who is the CEO and co-founder of Samba TV, a data and analytics service that measures television viewership using opt-in data from Internet-connected devices and set-top boxes. The company has been compared to more traditional TV measurement firms like Nielsen which rely on the people meter to gather viewership data.[1][2]
Prior to Samba TV, Navin was the president and co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc. He joined Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent, in 2004 and reportedly handled business and company-related matters while Cohen focused on engineering and product development.[3]
Navin reportedly evaluated Cohen's invention for Yahoo! in 2004. Although it was a notable development for the Internet, BitTorrent was widely considered to be the bane of the film industry, because it made the cost of transferring large files, including unlicensed film copies, negligible to the end user.
Navin is also an investor in SELFMADE, Collective, Invisible Commerce, Klarna, Cameo (website), GGWP, Convoy Inc, Impossible Foods, vidIQ, Touch of Modern, Crunchyroll, and HappyCow.[4]
- ^ "Samba TV Takes on Nielsen With Promise of Real-Time Trend Ratings". TheWrap. 22 October 2014.
- ^ "MarTech Interview with Ashwin Navin, CEO and Co-Founder, Samba TV". MarTech. 20 April 2019. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ Leadership, Senate Democratic (13 October 2010). "Inside i/o Ventures: Tour The Central Perk For Code (TCTV)". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Ashwin Navin on LinkedIn". Archived from the original on 2007-10-30.