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CEO & Chief Creative Officer at BAD IDEA · A veteran entrepreneur and entertainment executive, Dinesh Shamdasani spent more than a decade spearheading the rebirth of Valiant Entertainment – the...
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Dec 6, 2015 · NEW DELHI: In 2005, entrepreneur Dinesh Shamdasani took over an ailing Valiant Comics and in the course of a few years turned it around, making it one of the largest comic book publishers in the United States after DC and Marvel.
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Dinesh Shamdasani is the former CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Valiant Entertainment. He co-founded Valiant Entertainment, Inc. with his friend and fellow student Jason Kothari in 2005. In early 2018, Dinesh was forced to leave the company when DMG Entertainment took full ownership of Valiant Entertainment.
Shamdasani is an Indian-American who was born in Dubai, U.A.E. When he was four years old, his family moved to Hong Kong. Later he returned to the U.S. to study at USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles, California.[1] He has been a fan of Valiant Comics since he was a young teenager.[2]
•2019-current – Founder/Partner at Bad Idea
•2018-current – Co-Founder/Partner at Hivemind
•2013-2018 – CEO/CCO at Valiant Entertainment
•2005-2018 – Co-Founder/CCO at Valiant Entertainment
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1.↑ The story of two Indian American entrepreneurs who are redefining the global comics industry (October 10, 2012 by TechCircle, India)
2.↑ Valiant Comics: Two Students Did Not Want to See Their Favorite Comic Book Brand Die. So They Bought the Company (May 16, 2012 by LA Weekly)
Further readings:
•How Valiant Will Be Affected by the DMG Entertainment Deal (January 29, 2018 by ComicBook.com)
•The Humble Giant: A Dinesh Shamdasani story by Joshua Dysart (January 31, 2018 by Chico Comics Page)
Dec 5, 2015 · Meet Dinesh Shamdasani, CEO of Valiant Entertainment, and one of the architects behind the rebirth of Valiant Comics – one of the leading comic book publishers in the United States.
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Jun 29, 2018 · Whatever happened to former Valiant CEO Dinesh Shamdasani? He’s now Co-President of the “production entity,” Hivemind. Better yet, it seems Hunter Gorinson is along for the ride as VP of Brand & Content Strategy.
Feb 17, 2021 · We had former Valiant CEO, current CEO/CCO of Bad Idea, and BLOODSHOT producer Dinesh Shamdasani on the show! He dishes some exclusive info on his upcoming B...
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