Ralph Simon is regarded as one of the founders of the modern mobile entertainment industry. He co-founded Zomba & Jive Records in the 70’s building them into the music industry’s leading independent music company. He moved to California from London in the early 1990’s becoming Executive Vice President of Capitol Records and Blue Note in Hollywood, and started EMI’s New Media division.

He co-founded the first ring tone company in the USA, UK, Europe, Africa, Australia and New Zealand in 1998.

He founded the Mobile Entertainment Forum-Americas, becoming Chairman Emeritus .

Mobile Entertainment magazine voted him among the world’s Top 50 executives in mobile entertainment in 2005 and 2006.

In July 2005, Simon was mobile producer of the Live 8 global concerts, & the Al Gore/Live Earth global event in July 2007.

Simon is CEO of the Mobilium Advisory Group guiding international mobile entertainment companies and main board member of AWAL.com (Artists Without a Label) – the UK’s leading indie digital music site.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the UK and a member of the Academy of Recorded Arts & Sciences in the USA.