Efe Cakarel

Efe Çakarel is the Founder and CEO of MUBI, a global streaming service, production company, and film distributor. Born in Turkey, Çakarel founded the platform in 2007 (originally as The Auteurs) with the mission of making great cinema accessible to everyone, everywhere. Under his leadership, MUBI has grown into a premiere destination for cinephiles, expanding into theatrical distribution and film production. Before entering the film industry, Çakarel earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

He previously worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in London and New York. A former member of the Turkish national math team, he placed third in the European Computer Science Olympiad.