Raju Narisetti

Raju Narisetti
Raju Narisetti
	Narisetti in 2015
Born	26 June 1966 (age 58); Hyderabad, India
Education	Indiana University Bloomington
Notable credit(s)	News Corporation, Mint, The Economic Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal

Raju Narisetti (born 1966) is a journalist and former newspaper editor who has been global publishing director at McKinsey & Company since 2020.^[1] From July 2018 to December 2019, he was a professor of professional practice and director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Program at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.^[2]^[3] In October 2017, Narisetti was appointed to the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation.^[4] He is one of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum.^[5]

Career

Narisetti holds a B.A. in economics from Osmania University, an M.B.A. from the Institute of Rural Management Anand and an M.A. in journalism from Indiana University Bloomington.^[2] He started as a journalist at The Economic Times in India before commencing his U.S. career at the Dayton Daily News, where he was a staff reporter from 1991 to 1994.^[2]

He first joined The Wall Street Journal as a reporter specializing in global media, technology and consumer products trends in 1994; over the next twelve years, he was promoted to deputy national editor of the American edition; managing editor (2003–2004) and editor (2004–2006) of The Wall Street Journal Europe; and deputy managing editor (2005–2006) in charge of Europe, the Middle East and Africa for the newspaper's global brand.^[2] As the founding editor of Mint from 2006 to 2009, Narisetti facilitated the publication's emergence as India's second-largest business newspaper. It is owned by HT Media, which also publishes the Hindustan Times.^[2]

Narisetti was managing editor, digital of The Washington Post^[6] from 2009 to 2012 before briefly rejoining The Wall Street Journal (as head of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network) in 2012.^[7] As senior vice president of growth and strategy for News Corporation from 2013 to 2016, he helped the media group cultivate new revenue opportunities, particularly in Asia.^[8]

He was named president and chief executive officer of Gizmodo Media Group following its acquisition by Univision in September 2016.^[9] He remained in the role until April 2018.^[10]^[11]^[12] According to The Daily Beast, Narisetti was forced out by Univision amid staff cuts.^[13]