Herman Narula

Herman Narula
Born April 1988 (age 30)
Delhi, India
Nationality British
Education Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
Alma mater Girton College, Cambridge University
Occupation entrepreneur
Known for co-founder and CEO of Improbable Worlds Limited
Title CEO, Improbable
Parent(s) Harpinder Singh Narula
Surina Narula

Herman Narula (born April 1988) is an Indian-born British entrepreneur, the co-founder and CEO of Improbable Worlds Limited, a British multinational technology company founded in 2012. It makes distributed simulation software for video games and corporate use.

Early life

Narula was born in April 1988,[1] in Delhi, India.[2][3] He is the son of Harpinder Singh Narula, who runs DSC Ltd, the family construction business.[2] He has two older brothers, Anhad and Manhad, who work for DSC.[4]

He was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree, and Girton College, Cambridge, where he studied computer science.[2][4][5]

Career

In 2012, Narula and friends from Cambridge set up Improbable, which at the end of 2013 was still being run from his parents' house, Hyver Hall, in Hertfordshire.[6]

In May 2017, following a further $502 million of investment, the company is estimated to be worth $1 billion.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Herman NARULA - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Meet Improbable, The Startup Building The World's Most Powerful Simulations". Forbes.com. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 Susannah Butter (30 May 2017). "Meet the man who's about to turn London into a virtual reality playground | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 Amit Roy. "Eye on England: Herman Narula and his Improbable story, Dear Dad, Abir's sequel and Tittle tattle". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Cockroft, Steph (15 April 2014). "Herman Narula lands £400m deal for tech start-up | Daily Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Solon, Olivia (29 May 2014). "The Improbable dream to radically transform online gaming | WIRED UK". Wired.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2017.


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