{"id":5215,"date":"2018-12-13T09:54:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T14:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/sam-wu-becomes-ceo-rakuten-viki\/"},"modified":"2018-12-13T10:59:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T15:59:52","slug":"sam-wu-becomes-ceo-of-rakuten-viki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/sam-wu-becomes-ceo-of-rakuten-viki\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Wu Becomes CEO of Rakuten Viki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Wu has been promoted to CEO of Rakuten Viki, a video platform specializing in Asian series and movies.<\/p>\n<p>Wu, who was most recently the company\u2019s senior VP of finance, will take over the position from Interim CEO Masaya Ueno. Wu joined Viki in 2012 and played a key role in leading the acquisition of Viki by Rakuten in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Ueno will assume a new role leading Rakuten\u2019s global media business group.<\/p>\n<p>Wu commented: \u201cI am excited for the opportunity to lead Rakuten Viki, with a renewed focus on delivering innovative product features, an unmatched user experience and a diverse programming lineup to our growing, global community. Over the past six years, I have had the pleasure of working closely with this highly-talented team, and I am enthusiastic for Rakuten Viki\u2019s future as we continue to invest in our award-winning apps and expand our reach to fans around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President of Rakuten\u2019s media and sports company, Makoto Arima, added, \u201cWe are excited to see Sam take on this new position. His experience at Rakuten Viki has laid the groundwork for what will certainly be a successful transition into the CEO role. His intimate understanding of the business today, combined with his insights into the market as a whole, ideally position him to lead the team toward further growth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Wu has been promoted to CEO of Rakuten Viki, a video platform specializing in Asian series and movies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":5216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1228],"class_list":["post-5215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-rakuten-viki"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sam Wu Becomes CEO of Rakuten Viki - TVASIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/sam-wu-becomes-ceo-of-rakuten-viki\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sam Wu Becomes CEO of Rakuten Viki - 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