Rob Pereyda
CCO @ Gamebeast | Founder @ Henshin | Angel Investor @ Moescape AI | ex-Crunchyroll Employee #9 | U.S.-Japan Council
Rob Pereyda is the CCO at Gamebeast and the Founder of Henshin. Over the past 20+ years, he has accelerated the monetization and growth of Japanese anime and video games through the adoption of new business models and technologies. As employee #9 at Crunchyroll (2008-2011), Rob created the foundational subscription business model for global anime streaming, closing its first 60 licensing deals on the way to transforming the site into the leading anime platform. More recently, he was Head of Anime, Editorial & Publishing at Netflix (2020-2022), where he helped grow anime viewing by over 50% in 2020. His experience also includes VP roles at VIZ Media and Bandai Namco and the U.S. CEO role at Viewster (acquired by Cineverse). Now, Rob is driving innovation across UGC gaming and advertising at Gamebeast, intellectual property at Henshin, and generative AI in anime through Henshin AI and as an Angel Investor in Moescape AI. He is also a Council Member at the U.S.-Japan Council. He formerly lived in Tokyo, Japan for 10 years but now resides in Berkeley, California.
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Berkeley, California, United States