Prem Parameswaran
{{Short description|American businessman (born 1968)}}
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Prem Parameswaran (born October 4, 1968) is the Chief Financial Officer and President of [https://trillerinc.com/ Triller].{{Cite press release |last=Triller |title=Triller Announces Prem Parameswaran Has Joined Company as President of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/triller-announces-prem-parameswaran-has-joined-company-as-president-of-corporate-finance-and-investor-relations-301649889.html |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}
Early life
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ilatimes.com/article.php?id=91587|title=A journey to Bollywood from Wall Street|author=|date=December 15, 2017|website=ILaTimes.com|accessdate=15 December 2017}} Parameswaran graduated from Columbia University in 1990 with a BA in Political Science and received an MBA with honors from Columbia Business School in 1995. While at Columbia, Parameswaran was a defenseman on the Columbia University hockey team.{{cite web|url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19870210-01.2.11&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------|title=Hockey beats Penn in first Ivy League matchup|author=Javier Solano|date=February 10, 1987|website=ILaTimes.com|accessdate=3 January 2018}}
Career
Parameswaran most recently was with [https://www.erosmediaworld.com/ Eros 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 at Jefferies Group as Global Head of Media and Telecommunications Investment Banking and at Deutsche Bank as Head of Media & Telecom for the Americas.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-08-09/deutsche-bank-names-parameswaran-to-lead-americas-media-1-|title=Deutsche Bank Names Parameswaran to Lead Americas Media|author=Serena Saitto|date=August 9, 2011|website=Bloomberg.com|accessdate=22 December 2017}} He has also worked at Goldman Sachs, Salomon Brothers, and numerous other companies.{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150528005767/en/Prem-Parameswaran-Appointed-Group-Chief-Financial-Officer|title=Prem Parameswaran Appointed Group Chief Financial Officer and President – North America of Eros International Plc|author=|date=May 28, 2015|website=Businesswire.com|accessdate=22 December 2017}}
Parameswaran serves on the Board of Directors of Kare Partners.{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150528005767/en/Prem-Parameswaran-Appointed-Group-Chief-Financial-Officer|title=Prem Parameswaran Appointed Group Chief Financial Officer and President – North America of Eros International Plc|author=|date=May 28, 2015|website=BusinessWire.com|accessdate=}} He is also on the boards of the Columbia University Alumni Trustee Nominating Committee and the Program for Financial Studies at Columbia Business School.{{cite web|url=https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/financialstudies/about/leadership/executiveboard|title=Columbia Business Social Executive Board|author=|date=|website=Columbia.edu|accessdate=22 December 2017}} He established the Prem Parameswaran Family Scholarship at Columbia Business School.{{cite web|url=https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/financial-aid/fellowships-scholarships/need-based/scholarshipslist|title=Columbia Business Social Scholarships List|author=|date=|website=Columbia.edu|accessdate=22 December 2017}} In 2017, Parameswaran was invited to the White House Oval Office Reception for Diwali with President Trump.{{cite web|url=http://www.ilatimes.com/article.php?id=91587|title=A journey to Bollywood from Wall Street|author=|date=December 15, 2017|website=ILaTimes.com|accessdate=15 December 2017}}
In 2020, he was nominated by Donald 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.{{Cite news|last=Chaudhury|first=Dipanjan Roy|date=2020-02-04|title=Prem Parameswaran appointed to Trump's advisory commission|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/prem-parameswaran-appointed-to-trumps-advisory-commission/articleshow/73914474.cms|access-date=2020-06-19}}{{Cite web|date=2020-01-28|title=Prem Parameswaran, Group CFO and President of North America for Eros International Plc, Sworn in as Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200128005562/en/Prem-Parameswaran-Group-CFO-President-North-America|access-date=2020-06-19|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Reporter|first=India-West Staff|title=Eros' Indian American CFO Prem Parameswaran Among Members Sworn into President Donald Trump's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans|url=https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/eros-indian-american-cfo-prem-parameswaran-among-members-sworn-into-president-donald-trump-s-advisory/article_d54677bc-43b2-11ea-ab9e-cbce0a3bf898.html|access-date=2020-06-19|website=India West|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Prem Parameswaran|url=https://www.commerce.gov/whiaapi/commissioners/Prem-Parameswaran|access-date=2021-07-29|website=U.S. Department of Commerce|language=en}} He was also reported to be one of the senior Indian officials that include Ajit Pai, Seema Verma, and Manisha Singh, who would accompany the president during his visit to India on February 24–25, 2020.{{Cite news|last=Duttagupta|first=Ishani|date=2020-02-15|title=US President's delegation to India may include several Indian American officials|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/us-presidents-delegation-to-india-may-include-several-indian-american-officials/articleshow/74153326.cms|access-date=2020-06-19}}