PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Outfit7, Inc., the mobile entertainment leader behind the popular Talking Friends apps, announced today that experienced global technology executive Narry Singh is the company’s executive chairman.
Singh brings almost two decades of experience as a successful entrepreneur, advisor and general manager. He has led global teams and built multiple businesses valued at more than $20 billion dollars, employed more than 6,000 people, acquired six companies and set up businesses in 38 countries. Two of his companies were successfully acquired and one went public on NASDAQ. He will bring considerable experience to driving the growth of Outfit7’s sales and operations worldwide.
“I believe we have only just started to tap the true potential of our Talking Friends franchise,” said Samo Login, Founder & CEO of Outfit7. “We are entering a distinct new chapter of our growth and having a talented, experienced leader like Narry at the helm of our company really gives us the opportunity to take our business to the next level.”
Singh most recently served as Chairman and Managing Partner at The Intellidex Group, a business advisory and venture development firm whose clients include some of the best known brands in the technology and media industries. Singh has more than 18 years experience founding and running businesses in Silicon Valley, Europe and India.
“I’m delighted to be joining Outfit7 as the company enters a new phase of hyper-growth and global expansion,” commented Singh. “I believe that Outfit7 is uniquely positioned at the intersection of explosive growth in the mobile, media and entertainment markets. What attracted me most to Outfit7 were the incredibly talented team and the untapped potential of our massive and growing distribution network.”
Outfit7 also announced that gaming executive Paul Baldwin, previously Vice President of Publishing at Gazillion Entertainment and Eidos Inc, has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer. Baldwin built the Lara Croft Tomb Raider, Hitman and Lego Star Wars video game franchises into brands exceeding $2B in total revenue, in addition to successfully extending the IP into merchandise, books, TV and film. He will oversee marketing communications as well as licensing, media partnership and strategic distribution relationships.
Outfit7 enjoys a global scale and reach that is rare for mobile app platforms. It is consistently in the top 10 apps in more than 70 countries, including North America, China, U.K., Russia and across the Middle East and Africa. In addition to creating engaging characters loved by millions worldwide, the company has created a vast media network with the ability to reach over 60 million customers every month who interact with the Talking Friends apps. Over 50% of Outfit7’s customers have between 2 and 3 of the Talking Friends apps.
For more information on the collection of Talking Friends, please visit: www.outfit7.com
About Outfit7
With 60 million MAUs since its first app launch in July 2010, Outfit7 is one of the world's fastest growing mobile entertainment networks. Its Talking Friends collection has become an entertainment phenomenon with the characters featured on ABC's Modern Family as well as NBC's Today Show. There are eleven characters in the Talking Friends collection including Talking Tom Cat, Talking Santa and Talking Gina the Giraffe.
Each of the Talking Friends apps features a unique and fully animated 3D character that comes to life when poked, tickled, and played with on mobile touch-screen devices for the iOS and Android platforms. The interactive character repeats everything a user says and customized videos of interactions with the characters can be shared via Facebook, YouTube or email. Outfit7 averages over 20 million downloads per month, with more than 500,000 videos being uploaded to YouTube, Facebook and sent by email and MMS. The company plans to release multiple new apps and characters over the next year. The company’s latest app, Talking Tom 2, which was the #1 downloaded app across all categories in over 70 countries upon its release and drove 1.1 million downloads in the Appstore in one day. Outfit7 has offices in Palo Alto, California, Ljubljana, Slovenia and Cyprus, Greece and is committed to building the world's leading next generation entertainment company.