Herman Narula was born on April 1988 and is a British Indian businessman and the co-founder and CEO of Improbable Worlds Limited, a British multinational technology company founded in 2012.
17 Facts About Herman Narula
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Herman Narula is the son of Harpinder Singh Narula, who runs DSC Ltd, the family construction business, and Surina Narula, a prominent philanthropist devoted to children's rights and other social and environmental causes.
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Herman Narula has two older brothers, Anhad and Manhad, who work for DSC.
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Herman Narula was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree, and Girton College, Cambridge, where he studied computer science.
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Herman Narula has said that his parents did not limit his screen time in childhood.
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Herman Narula met his Improbable co-founder Rob Whitehead while studying computer science at Girton College.
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Herman Narula has criticised efforts made by traditional technology platforms to control the metaverse.
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In 2019 Herman Narula gave a speech at TED Global titled "The Transformative Power of Video Games", arguing that games are an egalitarian medium through which millions of people may co-inhabit the same space, develop life skills and make human connections.
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Herman Narula believes that earning a living in the metaverse will become a routine activity, and that computer simulation could be "steel for the 21st century", with every major infrastructure project requiring some form of digital twin.
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Herman Narula sees the metaverse becoming an extension of real-world culture into the digital economy.
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Herman Narula has argued that the metaverse cannot be owned or controlled solely by a narrow group of corporations, and that value created in the metaverse should be shared with community members.
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In 2025 Herman Narula claimed that he and other Improbable co-founders have been sanctioned by the Russian government after Improbable's military simulation technology was used in defence of Ukraine.
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Herman Narula is the author of Virtual Society: The Metaverse and the New Frontiers of Human Experience,.
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Herman Narula argues that humans have always sought to live in some form of virtual world.
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In interview Herman Narula named Ronald Ayme's The Roman Revolution as his favourite book and Gladiator his favourite film.
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Herman Narula follows Arsenal football team and attends matches at the Emirates Stadium.
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Herman Narula speaks English and Hindi, and is friends with Demis Hassabis, the DeepMind founder.