Sean Gupta
P. Sean Gupta is the former SVP of Streaming Strategy for the Paramount Streaming Organization that incudes Paramount+ and PlutoTV. Prior to Paramount Streaming, Gupta was the SVP of Strategy & Business Operations at Paramount’s BET Networks and a Board of Director of BET+ (BET’s OTT streaming service). He led network-wide strategy, business development and expansion initiatives for the network and co-led the executive team that conceived of, planned and launched the BET+ premium streaming service, which launched in 2019. He was also a member of the deal team that negotiated and structured the joint venture with Tyler Perry Studios. In 2021 he co-led the operations of BET’s digital division.
Before Paramount (previously known as ViacomCBS), Gupta held executive positions at Time Warner Cable and was a media investment banker at Deutsche Bank on Wall Street.
Gupta is an Emmy voter, was featured in a 2018 HBS case study, and was a national BOD member for T-Howard and NAMIC (which champion diversity across the media industry). In 2020, Gupta was recognized by the industry publication, CableFax, as one of the Most Influential Multi-Ethnic Media Executives. In 2022, Gupta was recognized by The Asia Society as the “Most Innovative APA Leader” and a “Driver for Diversity.”
Gupta lives in NYC and holds a BA from The University of Chicago and an MBA from Columbia Business School where he focused on Media and Finance and was Cluster Chair, GSB CFO, and in the famous CBS Follies comedy show!