Rani Raad is the President of RedBird IMI and an Operating Partner at RedBird Capital Partners. RedBird IMI is a joint investment vehicle focused on acquiring, investing in and building large scale media, entertainment and sports content properties on a global basis.
Throughout Rani’s career, his global attitude and desire for new challenges has led to his working all over the world across many different facets of the media industry.
Most recently, Rani spent 25 years at Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., where he held several key leadership positions. Most recently Rani served as President of CNN Commercial Worldwide where he was responsible for all commercial operations of the company and delivered record profits. Prior to that, he ran the company’s portfolio of News, Kids and General Entertainment networks in Turkey and the MENA region. Additionally, he played a leading role in building the company’s international digital advertising platform. Rani also served as AT&T Inc.’s advisor in the Middle East during their ownership period and was the architect behind CNN’s operations in the United Arab Emirates.
Rani was recognised by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader for his contributions to the media industry and was also named as one of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications’ 50 most successful alumni in the school’s 50 year history. He is currently a Board Member of the Dubai International Chamber. Rani graduated with a B.S. in Television, Radio, Film from The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.