Devraj Sanyal

Devraj Sanyal is the Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, India and South Asia, and SVP Strategy, AMEA (Africa, Middle East, and Asia). He has completed his studies at St. Xaviers College. He has also been a musician with his leading brand, Brahma, for almost two decades. Driven by an immense passion for marketing, he started his career by opening up two ventures in 1992: an events company known as Curtain Raisers and a metal brand called Brahma. After running his mid-size event company for almost 4 years, he joined Elle Magazine Company as a Market Manager. He worked as the brand director mainly to promote fragrances and color cosmetics for Baccarose India. He got the opportunity to even work with Times of India 360 as the general manager and business head.

In 2004, he joined Percept Sports and Entertainment, where he worked as chief executive manager. Devraj is also the founder of the Asian Electronic Music Festival, Sunburn. After spending almost four years at Percept, he joined the Universal Music Group in 2011. With determination and hard work, he bagged the position of CEO of the Universal Music Group in India and Asia in 2023. Sanyal was even the winner of the IES Udyog Ratan Award in 2013. He even received the Excellence Award for the Best Global Company from IES. He is even considered one of India’s 25 top executives in Business Today. He also won the Fame Leadership Award for Media and Entertainment in 2015. He has also been the judge of the English Talent Hunt and The Stage The Stage is an Indian television show that starte >> Read More... on Colors Infinity. He is a creative individual and motivator with decades of experience.