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Waheed Alli

Founder & Former CEO (until 2022), Sony Pictures Television Kids · United Kingdom

✓ Verified current role· as of 2026-09-22

Waheed Alli is the CEO of Sony Pictures Television Kids. Alli is based in the United Kingdom. Alli was born in 1964 in Croydon.

British media entrepreneur and Labour peer born in 1964. Co-founder of Silvergate Media (now Sony Pictures Television Kids) which he led as CEO until 2022. Also a member of the House of Lords and co-creator of Survivor.

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Recent coverage has focused on Sony Pictures Television's kids programming subsidiary Silvergate Media, which Waheed Alli founded. The headlines document Alli's transition from CEO in 2022 when Joe D'Ambrosia was named to lead the division, followed by news in early 2024 that the company faced financial challenges amid a downturn in the U.K. children's television market.

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Born
November 16, 1964 · Croydon
Citizenship
United Kingdom

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Who is Waheed Alli?
Waheed Alli is the Founder & Former CEO (until 2022) of Sony Pictures Television Kids, based in United Kingdom.
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Waheed Alli is CEO of Sony Pictures Television Kids.