Primary Job Title Founder & CEO Primary Organization 
Mobilium
Location Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Ralph Simon is one of the founders of the global mobile content, entertainment & social media industry. He is a distinguished mobile visionary & innovator, popularly known as "the father of the ring tone". His unique understanding of what drives world-wide smartphone lifestyles, mobile business models, multi-screen creativity,
mobile social media and the latest mobile app development & innovation, is internationally recognised and always places him at the forefront of the latest mobile video and music innovation. He co-founded and grew Zomba/Jive Records into a major global music label and music publisher, and then created and grew the world's first international commercial ring tone service at the birth of mobile content and delivery. One of the world's top 50 executives in mobile since 2005. Respected as a provocative moderator and interviewer, he is also a sought-after high level entrepreneur, business and brand advisor, strategically knowledgeable about what's coming next in mobile, all around the world. Relentlessly searching for the hottest new mobile social media apps, platforms, and global innovation, he knows just how to reach the world's "Screenagers" and is a firm believer that the future already belongs to "Screenagers" all over the world - all 7.2bn of them! Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. CEO of Mobilium Global, the international mobile cool hunters and start-up investors. Based in London.
