James DeJulio

James DeJulio is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tongal, the award-winning platform that connects its vast creator community with the world’s biggest brands and life-changing opportunities. Under James’ leadership, Tongal has democratized content creation, amassing a community of over 160,000 talented creatives in more than 175 countries, and delivering in excess of two billion content views for its partners including the LEGO Group, Sony, Hilton, NBCUniversal, H&R Block, and many more. Recently, it was announced that almost 100 artists from Tongal’s creator community have helped to develop and build the groundbreaking upcoming feature film Piece by Piece, the life story Pharrell Williams told in LEGO animation, directed by Oscar-winner Morgan Neville. It’s the first time a movie of this scale has been made in collaboration with a creator platform. Prior to co-founding Tongal in 2009, James was Senior Vice President at Paramount Pictures and Partner at Half Shell Entertainment.