Gaurav Verma — CEO

As Global General Manager of the Skillz Platform (NYSE: SKLZ), I lead product, gaming, engineering, and innovation from our Bangalore headquarters — driving both B2B platform growth and B2C product execution. Skillz is the pioneer of mobile skill-based gaming, enabling millions of players worldwide to compete and empowering developers to monetize through our proprietary SDK. With over a decade in gaming and digital entertainment, I have scaled some of India’s most successful consumer tech platforms. At Games24x7, I grew RummyCircle from $10M to $300M in revenue, leading a 145-member team. At JioSaavn, I transformed the subscription business for India’s largest music streaming platform (160M+ MAUs), turning it into a major revenue driver. Today at Skillz, I oversee global strategy and execution across product, engineering, marketing, and gaming. I am passionate about building the future of competitive gaming through innovation, partnerships, and next-generation content through the company’s $75 Million Developer Accelerator Program.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Gaming and Digital Entertainment with a strong focus on B2C growth strategies.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 13 yrs 10 mos

Skills

Product Management
Business Strategy
Business Development
Team Leadership
Marketing Strategy
Financial Analysis
Sales Strategy

Career Highlights

Led Skillz to significant revenue and user growth.
Transformed JioSaavn's subscription business into a major revenue driver.
Scaled RummyCircle from $10M to $300M in revenue.

Work Experience

Skillz

Global General Manager, Skillz Platform (1 yr 5 mos)

Play Games24x7 Private Limited

Vice President - Rummycircle (1 yr 7 mos)

Associate Vice President - User Growth (11 mos)

Director- User Growth (1 yr 3 mos)

Head- Retention Marketing (9 mos)

Senior Marketing Manager (1 yr 11 mos)

Marketing Manager (1 yr 11 mos)

Associate Marketing Manager (1 yr 5 mos)

JioSaavn

Associate Director, Growth & Revenue (11 mos)

VivaConnect Pvt. Ltd.

Manager- Media Sales (5 mos)

Larsen & Toubro Limited

Live Project (7 mos)

Everstone Investment Advisors

Summer Internship in Marketing (1 mo)

Pan India Food Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Winter Internship in Branding (1 mo)

Mahindra & Mahindra

GET in Sales & Marketing (9 mos)

Education

Behavioral Economics Immersion at Yale University

MBA at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Global Classroom in Innovation & Technology at University of Washington

B.Tech at Govind Ballabh Pant Krishi Evam Praudyogik Vishwavidyalaya

Gaurav Verma

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India13 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led Skillz to significant revenue and user growth.
Transformed JioSaavn's subscription business into a major revenue driver.
Scaled RummyCircle from $10M to $300M in revenue.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Gaming and Digital Entertainment with a strong focus on B2C growth strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentTeam LeadershipMarketing StrategyFinancial AnalysisSales Strategy

Other Skills

Product DevelopmentLeadershipProject ManagementInvestment ManagementPartnership DevelopmentGame EconomicsRevenue GrowthOperational ExcellenceMarket PositioningTeam ManagementProduct MarketingAcquisition MarketingData ScienceMobile MarketingCampaign Execution

About

Experience

13 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs

Average Tenure

1 yr 5 mos

Current Experience

Skillz

Global General Manager, Skillz Platform

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Hybrid

Own full P&L responsibility for Skillz’s global platform business, driving strategy and execution across product, gaming, marketing, and engineering.
Oversee monetization, subscription strategy, tournament design, and localized player experiences to deepen engagement worldwide.
Direct investment decisions for the $75M Skillz Developer Accelerator, evaluating game economics, greenlighting partnerships, and scaling next-gen titles in competitive gaming.
Partner cross-functionally with developers, GTM teams, and executive leadership to expand the Skillz competitive ecosystem globally.
Since entering my role, the business has seen sequential quarterly revenue and pMAU growth. Citing Q2 ‘25 earnings report, pMAU improved 20% year-over-year through efficient user acquisition and improved retention and reactivation.

Product DevelopmentBusiness StrategyLeadershipMarketing StrategyProject ManagementProduct Management

Play games24x7 private limited

7 roles

Vice President - Rummycircle

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

Responsible for leading all aspects of Rummycircle's P&L of $XXX mn , with a focus on driving revenue growth, operational excellence, and market positioning. Day-to-day operations involve leading high-performing team of 130 + and optimizing sizeable marketing budgets with a relentless focus on performance measurement.

Revenue GrowthOperational ExcellenceMarket PositioningTeam ManagementBusiness StrategyTeam Leadership

Associate Vice President - User Growth

Promoted

Apr 2022 – Mar 2023 · 11 mos

Director- User Growth

Promoted

Dec 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

Head- Retention Marketing

Apr 2019 – Jan 2020 · 9 mos

Senior Marketing Manager

Promoted

Apr 2017 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos

Marketing Manager

Promoted

Apr 2015 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

Associate Marketing Manager

Oct 2013 – Mar 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos

Jiosaavn

Associate Director, Growth & Revenue

Jan 2020 – Dec 2020 · 11 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Backed by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), JioSaavn is India's largest music streaming service : 160M MAUs, XXB mins monthly, $XXXM annual revenue
Sitting at the intersection of product and marketing, my team is responsible for growing the subscriptions business across the globe for Jiosaavn.
Leading multiple teams to deliver on this mandate:
data science and analytics (strategic insights, ML powered recommendations to serve on and off-platform, automation)
acquisition marketing (paid, performance, programmatic, social)
product marketing (consumer insights, brand, GTM, pricing)
product growth (user funnels, product flows, experimentation)
lifecycle marketing (user segmentation, push notifications, emails, promos)
content marketing (content launch, awareness, frequency through up-sell and cross-sell)
Also working extensively with external agencies for PR, brand and consumer research, creatives for ATL and BTL

Product MarketingAcquisition MarketingData ScienceMarketing StrategyProduct Management

Vivaconnect pvt. ltd.

Manager- Media Sales

May 2013 – Oct 2013 · 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

The role gave great insights into the world of Mobile Marketing.
Was responsible for conceptualizing and executing marketing campiagns for brands over Mobile using SMS,Voice,Email & Mobile Apps as a medium.
Some of the clients I worked with included the likes of Cadbury, ITC ,Colgate & HUL to name a few.

Mobile MarketingCampaign ExecutionMarketing Strategy

Larsen & toubro limited

Live Project

Aug 2012 – Mar 2013 · 7 mos · Mumbai

Project Finance Modelling &Bid proposal consulting for Ultra Mega Power Project

Project Finance ModellingBid Proposal ConsultingFinancial Analysis

Everstone investment advisors

Summer Internship in Marketing

May 2012 – Jun 2012 · 1 mo · Greater Delhi Area

Access& improve the effectiveness of sales team of Crystal Crop Protection Pvt Ltd. ( Everstone’s Investee Company)

Sales EffectivenessSales Team ImprovementMarketing Strategy

Pan india food solutions pvt. ltd.

Winter Internship in Branding

Dec 2011 – Jan 2012 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Responsible for improving customer experience across for all out outlets of Spaghetti Kitchen in India.
Helped them in improving bill value per customer for Spaghetti Kitchen.
Carried out the competitive analysis to formulate the pricing strategy.

Customer Experience ImprovementCompetitive AnalysisMarketing Strategy

Mahindra & mahindra

GET in Sales & Marketing

Jul 2010 – Apr 2011 · 9 mos · Pan India

Responsible for Sales and Marketing activities for Mahindra Applitrac in UP east.
Launched a new machinery (Rice Transplanter )by Mahindra in West Bengal.
Looked after Channel Development at Pan India level.

Sales and Marketing ActivitiesChannel DevelopmentSales Strategy