Browse: Companies | People | Financial Organizations
Home > People > Amit Kapur

General Information

Degrees

Stanford University, Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering

Current Companies

CEO, co-founder

Former Companies

COO

Web Presences

Tags

Amit Kapur

Amit Kapur is the co-founder and CEO of Blue Rover Labs, a stealth startup based in Los Angeles.

Amit was the COO of MySpace, overseeing global business operations for MySpace.com, MySpace Music, and MySpace Mobile. He was also responsible for business development, strategic partnerships, and support operations across those platforms.

Amit joined MySpace in its startup phase as the company’s first business development employee. As Vice President of Business Development, his team successfully structured key partnerships for MySpace including the company’s monetization deal with Google and joint venture with the major record labels and publishers.

In 2008 the American India Foundation honored Amit for MySpace’s corporate support of India. That same year, Digital Media Wire named Amit to their inaugural “25 Executives to Watch in Digital Entertainment” list, which recognizes emerging leaders in the digital media and entertainment industries.

In 2003, Amit received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.

Milestones

Videos

Above:

Arrington Interviews Amit at LeWeb

Added: 1/6/09
Above:

NewTeeVee interview with Amit Kapur

Added: 1/6/09

Sources

Edit This Page
Last Edited 12/6/09

Revision History RSS Picture

TechCrunch Posts TechCrunch Logo Small Picture

External Links

Embed Widget

CrunchBase API

Sponsors



Become a Sponsor
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Licensing Policy