Ramakrishnan CN

Builder of brands.
Believer in what's next.

Co-Founder of Greytt. Entropia founding team, exited to Accenture. Two decades turning new technology into growth for people and brands.

Entrepreneur AI & Spatial Tech Brand & Media Strategy Movie Buff Apple Buff Curious, Always
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The journey.

From selling carbon black across three continents to building an AI-powered platform for the 50+ — every chapter has been about finding the new thing before it's obvious.

2023 — Present

Greytt

Co-Founder

On a mission to power purposeful, passionate lives for the ageless. Using experts, AI and data to build age-centred products for the 50+ — including The Greytt 50, the world's first independent hotel ranking for over-50 travellers. Beyond the grey, lies Greytt.

2021 — 2023

Accenture Song

Partner & Managing Director — Spatial, GenAI & XR Lead

Led the Spatial, Generative AI and Extended Reality group plus Integrated Creative services, building enterprise and campaign-level XR applications on cutting-edge technology.

2016 — 2023

Entropia

Founding Team, Partner & Managing Director

Left a corner office to co-build an experimental marketing consultancy from scratch in Malaysia. Grew it into a full-stack Industry 4.0 powerhouse across AI, IoT and XR for brands like Axiata, KFC, Alcon, FWD, Lazada, Danone, Pepsi and Tetra Pak — culminating in an exit: Accenture's first major acquisition of its kind in Southeast Asia.

2008 — 2016

IPG Mediabrands / Universal McCann

Managing Director, Malaysia (and SVP, VP, ED Consulting before that)

Rose from heading UM Consulting to running IPG Mediabrands Malaysia (Mediabrands + BPN + J3) — a team of 100+ serving J&J, Dutch Lady, CIMB, Malaysia Airlines, Sony Pictures, Coca-Cola and more. Five consecutive Agency of the Year titles at the Malaysian Media Awards.

2002 — 2008

Aditya Birla Group

Brand & Marketing — Cement, Carbon Black, and beyond

Started as a Group Management Trainee; built the Birla Plus/Super cement brand, then headed the non-tyre carbon black segment for Europe, Latin America and South Africa from Alexandria, Egypt — opening new markets across three continents for the Fortune 500 conglomerate.

1996 — 2002

The Foundation

NIT Raipur (B.E. Mechanical) → MICA Ahmedabad (MBA)

Engineer's rigour, marketer's imagination — the combination that's powered everything since.

Achievements across the board.

Recognition earned with teams, for work that moved brands and businesses.

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Startup Exit

Founding team member and Partner of Entropia — acquired by Accenture, its first major SEA acquisition of its kind.

Agency of the Year

Five consecutive Agency of the Year titles at the prestigious Malaysian Media Awards.

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Grand Prix Awards

Malaysian Media Awards Grand Prix wins, plus Gold Appies and a Cannes Media Lions national diploma.

100+

People Led

Managed and mentored teams of over 100 across advertising, media, consulting and technology.

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3 Continents

Built markets and brands across Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa — from cement to carbon black to campaigns.

50+

Greytt & The Greytt 50

Championing the age-positive movement — launched the world's first independent hotel ranking for over-50 travellers.

In the press.

A few moments the industry wrote about.

In my own words.

Essays, notes and conversations — on AI, ageing, marketing and everything in between.

All New Things.

ANT is where my curiosity lives — two communities, two obsessions. Come join the conversation.

Marine Drive, Mumbai — photograph by Rama
Marine Drive, Mumbai · © Rama

Beyond the résumé.

The stuff that actually fuels the work.

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Movie Buff

Cinema is my second education. Every genre, every era.

Apple Buff

Design and technology done right — a lifelong masterclass I keep enrolling in.

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PADI Certified Diver

Open-water certified — now exploring the other 70% of the planet.

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Traveller

Squeezing in every trip possible, feeding curiosity along the way.

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Family First

The best hours of any week are the ones spent with them.

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Endlessly Curious

If it's new, I want to understand it. Then share it.

Ramakrishnan CN

Let's talk.

Building something for the 50+? Curious about AI, XR or brand strategy? Or just want to argue about movies?

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