Sharad Devrajan, Media
Founder of Gotham Comics

Sharad Devarajan, is an entrepreneur with prior media experience at MTV Networks, Ford Modeling Agency, Elektra Entertainment and DC Comics. He founded Gotham Comics in 1997 to establish a leadership position in the South Asian comic magazine and children's book market. The Company was backed by a number of media luminaries, including the former CEO of Time-Life, the former President of Warner Music Media and former President of Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) Direct and the former Regional Creative Director of J. Walter Thompson-Asia Pacific.

Over the last five years Gotham has established itself as one of the leading providers of international comic magazines in South Asia, securing publishing relationships with DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, MAD Magazine, Panini, S.p.A. and Warner Bros. Worldwide Publishing. Through these arrangements, Gotham has access to a large library of publishing content, featuring over 10,000 character properties and more than 700 monthly comic magazine titles including Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, The Hulk, X-Men, Tarzan, The Powerpuff Girls, Scooby-Doo, The Flinstones and Wonder Woman. The Company currently publishes numerous monthly magazines and a number of quarterly children''s books based on these popular heroes. Gotham''s products are available in English, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam and other regional languages, reaching millions of readers in South Asia every month.
 
Devarajan, CEO and President, manages numerous aspects of the business including strategic alliances, finance, investor relations, product development, marketing and new business development; Previous experience includes MTV Networks in the On-Air Promotions Department, Elektra Entertainment Group in the A&R Department, Ford Modeling Agency in the New Faces Department and DC Comics in the production department; MBA from Columbia Business School and BFA from Syracuse University.

You can learn more about Gotham Comics at: www.gothamcomics.com.