- Co-founder of Shazam music recognition app
- Investor in over 250 leading AI and technology startups, including OpenAI
- Speaker on leadership and artificial intelligence
Dhiraj Mukherjee is a keynote speaker on leadership and artificial intelligence who helped grow Shazam from concept to over 100 billion uses before its acquisition by Apple. The Financial Times named him one of Europe's Top 50 technology entrepreneurs.
Since Shazam's sale, Dhiraj has invested in more than 250 AI and technology start-ups, including OpenAI, creators of ChatGPT. He has an MBA from Stanford Business School and advises corporations including UBS, Eli Lilly, Unilever, and PwC on building organisations that embrace adaptability as a core competency. Previously, Dhiraj held senior roles in financial services, technology, and media and entertainment.
Dhiraj's 35 years of company building, combined with his portfolio spanning 250 investments, gives him direct insight into both long-term strategic thinking and practical implementation. He has recently engaged with policymakers and regulators across the Middle East and Asia on building resilient AI ecosystems, including speaking at Fintech Forward Bahrain and participating in the Seoul Future Conference. This positions him as a top voice at the intersection of leadership, policy, and emerging technology.
Audiences learn how to systematically create organisations that learn, evolve, and reinvent themselves rather than react to disruption after it occurs. Dhiraj provides concrete frameworks for embedding adaptability into company culture, along with immediate actions executives can implement. His talks combine practical experience from building an iconic company with first-hand foresight of innovation trends and business models shaping the future.
Book Dhiraj to equip your leadership team with strategies for thriving in an AI-driven future.
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Topics, Sessions and Talks
Leadership In The Age Of AI and Beyond
GenAI has rapidly evolved from experimental to essential for growth in most organisations. This creates a fundamental challenge for leaders to shift from early initiatives to seize the opportunity to scale AI in the enterprise. Drawing on his experience as a founder, investor, and early participant in the AI ecosystem, Dhiraj Mukherjee advocates “AI 2.0”: the shift from pilots to productive deployment across the organisation. Dhiraj helps leaders understand how to make better judgments about where AI truly adds value and how leadership must innovate and evolve as AI becomes a core part of the workplace.
How To Adapt To The Future
Leaders today are grappling with ever-accelerating technological change, volatile geopolitics, and dramatic business and workforce transformation. This keynote focuses on the leadership skills required to operate in uncertain environments: building foresight, moving beyond rigid planning, and designing organisations that can evolve in real time. Drawing on decades of experience building Shazam through multiple market cycles and advising global organisations, Dhiraj Mukherjee explores how leaders can learn while they lead to transform their businesses. Dhiraj believes the best way to predict the future is to create it, and he shares proven methods for re-inventing business and building lasting success.
Building The Workforce Of The Future
Most organisations are still building teams for jobs that won’t exist in a few years’ time. Technology is reshaping how we work, and the next generation of talent requires new skills to redefine the workforce. In this keynote, Dhiraj Mukherjee focuses on the leadership challenge of pairing future talent with emerging technology. Rather than optimising for specific skills or tools, he argues that organisations must rethink how they identify potential, develop people, and build teams to transform the workplace. The focus is practical and grounded, helping leaders make better decisions about who they hire, how they lead, and how they prepare their workforce for jobs that don’t yet fully exist.
Why We Recommend Booking Dhiraj
Dhiraj Mukherjee draws on his experience building Shazam and investing in over 250 AI start-ups to deliver actionable strategies for leading through rapid change. Book Dhiraj to empower your team with proven frameworks for adaptability and future-ready leadership.
Dhiraj delivered an exceptional presentation on the role and potential of generative AI in the financial services industry. Dhiraj explored the transformative impact of generative AI with both clarity and vision, sparking thought-provoking discussions and inspiring fresh ideas. From the moment he took the stage, he captivated the audience with his dynamic and energetic delivery. His deep expertise, combined with a natural ability to simplify complex concepts, kept everyone engaged and left a lasting impression. We received amazing feedback from his session, being the preferred one amongst all the audience.
Elena Martinez, VP Mastercard Europe
VP Mastercard Europe, Mastercard
Dhiraj was personable, authentic and funny. His warming and inspiring approach ensured he had a queue of motivated attendees to speak to after his talk.
Great speech - engaging, great story-teller, fascinating look-back over the Shazam days, and very personable. Would highly recommend.
