Top 50 power people | The High & Mighty Part-2
15. Uday Shankar
57, President, The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific and Chairman, Star and Disney India
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Because after Disney's $71.3 billion (Rs 4.9 lakh crore) buyout of the Twenty First Century Fox group, he now leads one of the world's biggest media and entertainment conglomerates, reaching more than 790 million viewers a month in over 100 countries with a bouquet of 60-plus TV channels
Because with 300 million active monthly users and 30 per cent of the digital video advertising share, Hotstar, a subsidiary of Star India, is one of the biggest in the streaming space worldwide
Because the group sets the benchmark in sports, with the Indian Premier League and Pro Kabaddi League and coverage in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada, giving Star India 65 per cent share of sports viewership in India
In a step forward for gender rights, from July 2019, partners of the company's LGBT employees can avail health insurance cover, including maternity/ paternity and
