Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Paramount Global
Search every verified Naveen Chopra interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Naveen Chopra, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Paramount Global, has discussed the company's streaming strategy and financial performance in recent appearances. In a November 2022 interview, Chopra stated that Paramount's approach involves "using a traditional media company to build a large-scale leading streaming business." He reported that the company added 6.3 million new direct-to-consumer (D2C) subscribers in the first quarter of 2022, following 9.4 million additions in the fourth quarter of 2021, and described D2C revenue growth of 82% in Q1 2022. Chopra said the company had revised its long-term streaming subscriber target from 65-75 million by the end of 2024 to 100 million, citing faster-than-expected growth. He also highlighted content strategy, noting that shows like "Yellowstone" are used to build franchise IP for the streaming service. In separate appearances, Chopra has offered advice on real estate investing and professional development. In a November 2023 podcast, he discussed preconstruction real estate in Canada, stating that "builders are listening now and offering incentives to hit sales targets and financing thresholds" and that "this is the first time in 15 years you can realistically negotiate incentives on preconstruction deals." He distinguished between investors and speculators, saying "an investor expects and a speculator hopes," and advised against speculative investing without a plan. In a December 2024 podcast, Chopra recommended that new real estate agents "attend open houses, shadow people, shadow a senior sales agent" and noted that "the best agents I know are the ones that are constantly educating themselves and learning new technology."
“You probably learn nothing during your course, so every experience you have — do those open houses, shadow people, shadow a senior sales agent if they're willing to take you on.”
“Most want to share that knowledge with you — take that opportunity.”
“The best agents I know are the ones that are constantly educating themselves and learning new technology, and using the new technology to further themselves and their business.”
“An investor is a person or organization that puts money into financial plans, property, etc., with the expectation of achieving a profit; a speculator invests in stocks, property or other ventures in the hope of making a profit.”
“Expectation is a strong belief that things will or should be a certain way, while hope is a desire or wish with uncertainty — that's why an investor expects and a speculator hopes.”
“I always love investors because they think long-term — you buy a property with the intention to close, hold on to it and rent it out to generate an income.”
“To break even on a preconstruction transaction you generally need to get about 7% more after purchase — maybe up to 10% — because of deposits, commissions, legal fees and the cost of capital over the holding period.”
“Builders are listening now and offering incentives to hit sales targets and financing thresholds — this is the first time in 15 years you can realistically negotiate incentives on preconstruction deals.”
“Deals tend to appear when people are fearful and cash-strapped; when everyone is excited and prices are surging, it's usually too late to find the same kind of opportunity.”
“Don't put your money in and just speculate — speculating is more like gambling and is a dangerous way to lose hard-earned money unless you have a plan and flexibility to close and hold if needed.”
“The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham taught me that investing is as much about temperament and expectations as it is about numbers — understanding psychology is key to surviving market swings.”
“I think the fundamental way to think about our strategy is using a traditional media company to build a large-scale leading streaming business.”
“We're really the only streaming service out there where you can come and get very high quality sports content, very high quality scripted content, very high quality kids content, reality content, news events and big theatrical movies.”
“We just reported Q1 earnings and we reported that we added 6.3 million new D2C subscribers, which really puts us in the top tier of subscriber growth for the first quarter of 2022 — that's on top of the 9.4 million subscribers we added in Q4 in the D2C segment and then from a revenue perspective we've grown D2C revenue...”
“If you look at the top five or six streamers, we're certainly one of the fastest going.”
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