2022 Emerging Leaders - FuboTV's Ameet Padte

The Fierce Video editorial team is proud to present its third annual Emerging Leaders Awards, recognizing the brightest young professionals rising up the ranks of the streaming TV industry. Throughout the month of May we’ll be featuring these profiles with each of our finalists. We will announce the winners during our StreamTV Show with a live awards ceremony in Denver on June 6 at 7:30 p.m. MT.  Not yet registered for the StreamTV Show, running June 6-8? Be sure to register now!

Ameet Padte/fuboTV:

Ameet Padte is vice president of financial planning, analysis and corporate development at fuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform. His scope encompasses FP&A, content acquisition, business development, fundraising, investor relations, analytics, and broader corporate strategy and executive decision making. An instrumental leader in the company's trajectory from a startup to a publicly traded company on the NYSE, Padte played a key role in fuboTV's funding rounds and IPO. Outside of fuboTV, Padte is a general manager for The F Suite, an independent community platform for chief financial officers of leading venture capital funds and high-growth technology companies. Prior to fuboTV, he was a principal at SeedInvest VC and previously he worked in equity research at MoffettNathanson.

What his colleagues are saying:

"Ameet joined fuboTV as finance manager while we were still a young start-up. Just five years later, he now leads corporate development for the company. Ameet's growth trajectory has paralleled fubo's, and he has been a critical partner to me and the senior management team, helping transition us from a private company to a global public company, and through M&A. Ameet is definitely an Emerging Leader to watch in the media industry." - David Gandler, co-founder and CEO at fuboTV

"Ameet is an outstanding and insightful finance leader and professional. He is a great asset to have in any company, with his natural ability to understand the underlying aspects of the business and drive financial decisions in an efficient manner. He is driven, innovative and strategic, and able to create great cross-functional relationships and build top teams." - Simone Nardi, chief financial officer at Globalization Partners

Streaming Industry Q&A:

What streaming services do you subscribe to? 

FuboTV, Apple TV+, Disney+, F1 TV, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, Peacock, Prime Video, SoundCloud Pro, Spotify, YouTube Music, YouTube Premium.

Describe your biggest career highlight so far.

FuboTV's October 2020 IPO on the New York Stock Exchange was the highlight of my career. I joined in 2017 when we were a small tech startup and worked closely with the team to execute, innovate, and successfully compete against some of the biggest companies in the world. To compound our challenges, the Covid-19 pandemic hit as we executed a reverse merger in early 2020, and we had to sprint through lockdown to progress onto the public markets including a rapid advancement of our internal processes and crafting a compelling external financial narrative. Being public has also given us currency, and we have subsequently completed four acquisitions. As a result, our IPO is the culmination of all the challenges and triumphs we have faced over the years, and it has been thrilling to partner with and assume a leadership role within fubo's executive team throughout.

What has been your biggest career learning experience?

My proximity to David and the broader team has crystallized that a company is rooted in its narrative. That narrative is shared with stakeholders including employees, investors, potential hires, clients, and customers, and it is constantly iterating over time. I'm grateful for the experience in crafting our financial and strategic story.

What's next for you in terms of new challenges in streaming TV?

We have huge ambitions at fuboTV, between our growing vMVPD business, our nascent sportsbook, our recent acquisition of Molotov in France, and our recent acquisition of Edisn.ai in India. I am focused on synthesizing our various initiatives into a unified enterprise-level strategy as we transform watching television from a traditional "lean-back" pastime into an interactive and engaging "lean-forward" experience.