Vikram Sharma
President at Crisp Thinking Group Ltd.
Profile
Vikram Sharma is currently the President & Director at Crisp Thinking Group Ltd.
and the Operating Partner at S2G Ventures LLC.
Previously, he served as the President & CEO at TEGNA, Inc. from 2011 to 2015 and as the CEO at ShopLocal LLC from 2005 to 2011.
He also worked as a Partner & CIO at Grant Thornton LLP from 1998 to 2000.
Additionally, he has experience as an Operating Advisor at Robert W.
Baird & Co., Inc. (Private Equity).
Mr. Sharma holds a graduate degree from the University of Illinois, which he received in 1984, and an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, which he obtained in 1980.
Vikram Sharma active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Crisp Thinking Group Ltd.
Crisp Thinking Group Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Crisp Thinking Group Ltd. provides social media brand safety and crisis monitoring services to global brands, media publishers, and social platforms. The firm offers social media moderation and community management, public relation, reputation, and crisis monitoring, social media monitoring for product and service feedback, image and video moderation, real-time bad actor detection and content moderation, and Crisp for kids and teens. The company was founded by Adam John Hildreth in 2005 and is headquartered in Leeds, the United Kingdom. | President | 2019-03-31 |
S2G Ventures LLC
S2G Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance S2G Ventures LLC (S2G Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Victor E. Friedberg. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Private Equity Investor | 2023-12-31 |
Former positions of Vikram Sharma
Companies | Position | End |
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TEGNA INC. | Chief Executive Officer | 2015-03-31 |
ShopLocal LLC
ShopLocal LLC Catalog/Specialty DistributionRetail Trade ShopLocal LLC provides online shopping portal for newspapers group. It allows users to search for offers from local retailers in addition to online shopping sites. The company also provides software and services that help retailers create electronic circulars and catalogs for their web sites to promote their products and product sales. ShopLocal was founded by Brian Hand in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Chief Executive Officer | 2011-02-27 |
Grant Thornton LLP
Grant Thornton LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Chief Investment Officer | 1999-12-31 |
Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Private Equity)
Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance Robert W. Baird & Co Inc (Private Equity) (Robert W. Baird) is a private equity division of Robert W. Baird & Co Inc formed in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Training of Vikram Sharma
University of Illinois | Graduate Degree |
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 1 |
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TEGNA INC. | Consumer Services |
Private companies | 5 |
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Grant Thornton LLP
Grant Thornton LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Commercial Services |
Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Private Equity)
Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance Robert W. Baird & Co Inc (Private Equity) (Robert W. Baird) is a private equity division of Robert W. Baird & Co Inc formed in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Finance |
ShopLocal LLC
ShopLocal LLC Catalog/Specialty DistributionRetail Trade ShopLocal LLC provides online shopping portal for newspapers group. It allows users to search for offers from local retailers in addition to online shopping sites. The company also provides software and services that help retailers create electronic circulars and catalogs for their web sites to promote their products and product sales. ShopLocal was founded by Brian Hand in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Retail Trade |
Crisp Thinking Group Ltd.
Crisp Thinking Group Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Crisp Thinking Group Ltd. provides social media brand safety and crisis monitoring services to global brands, media publishers, and social platforms. The firm offers social media moderation and community management, public relation, reputation, and crisis monitoring, social media monitoring for product and service feedback, image and video moderation, real-time bad actor detection and content moderation, and Crisp for kids and teens. The company was founded by Adam John Hildreth in 2005 and is headquartered in Leeds, the United Kingdom. | Technology Services |
S2G Ventures LLC
S2G Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance S2G Ventures LLC (S2G Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Victor E. Friedberg. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Finance |
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