Profile
Djamel Agaoua is the CEO at the helm of Rakuten Viber, one of the world’s largest mobile applications with 800+ million users worldwide with a range of features like one-on-one chats, video calls, group messaging, social shopping, and updates and discussions with their favorite brands and celebrities. A veteran executive with a track record of growing innovative global techs, Djamel is a private investor and sought after board member, advisor and speaker.
Reviews
Djamel has so many strengths. His passion, vision and decisiveness are what people notice first. His ability to easily identify roadblocks and issues and maintain a platform for continuous improvement is impressive. Djamel has been the CEO of Viber for 2 years. In these 2 years, he’s completely changed and improved the way we work and the Viber platform. He’s added new revenue streams to Viber, which grew revenue over 100% while at the same time maintaining user privacy and security (you wouldn’t have a data breach at Viber like you hear about at other messaging or tech companies). He’s grown the team and our global footprint, added offices in key markets. He has a willingness to take risks and also adapts easily to change. He also makes hard changes sound personal – meaning he shows people just how hard decisions can be (he’s not just executing on a top-down management style); he explains what the options were on a high-level to show that there was thoughtfulness and hard choices made so that employees can understand the challenges and get behind decisions easier.