BIOGRAPHY

R.J. Williams

Chief Executive Officer

Young Hollywood is a next-generation multi-media brand and the brainchild of its founder and CEO, R.J. Williams. Young Hollywood is one of the world’s largest independent producers and distributors of celebrity and entertainment video programming and continues to expand at a rapid rate. Under the direction of Williams, Young Hollywood has grown to heavily influence today’s pop culture by creating and establishing emerging trends both within the industry and throughout the world.

Williams is a natural to head up one of the fastest-growing entertainment brands, having grown up in the entertainment industry as a child actor. In 2003, he established Arjay Entertainment and parlayed his strong personal relationships and insider knowledge to build an impressive client roster that included ABC, FOX, CBS, TV Guide and Showtime. Arjay Entertainment quickly developed a reputation for providing the most compelling celebrity programming, and created a new identity for an industry — Young Hollywood.

A natural evolution for the company, in 2007, Williams launched the Young Hollywood brand to serve as the go-to platform for digital celebrity programming and YoungHollywood.com was born. Young Hollywood created a unique niche in the media, acclaimed for bucking the tabloid trend and instead, provided a comfort factor that spurred the growth of the brand. Young Hollywood’s celeb-friendly approach garners unparalleled access to celebrities while at the same time providing an environment whereby subjects can relax and open up – providing the most engaging content. In 2010, Williams took that comfort level one step further when he created the first-of-its-kind studio in the tony Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles in Beverly Hills. The pairing of celebrities in a 24/7 studio setting within the confines of a world-class property had never been done before.

Williams attended the prestigious USC Film School and has become one of the country’s leading authorities on marketing to today’s youth, trend spotting and shaping the culture of Hollywood and the public’s continued fascination with celebrity. He has been profiled in such publications as The Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Variety, AdWeek, and chosen for The Hollywood Reporter’s Digital Power 50 List, which said, “Everything Young Hollywood CEO and founder R.J. Williams does is counter-intuitive — and effective.”