R.J. Williams has already amassed great success and credits in the entertainment industry. Born and raised in Southern California, Williams grew up in Hollywood, spending much of his youth as a television actor. But after more than a decade in front of the camera, Williams decided to get a college degree and pursue a career behind-the-camera. As a result of his vast industry knowledge, education, business savvy, talent, energy and ambition, Williams has been involved in nearly every aspect of the entertainment industry. And, even now as the host, producer, creator and CEO of YoungHollywood LLC, his fledgling entertainment media company, he's only really just finding his stride.

At the tender age of four, Williams was cast in the daytime drama, "The Young and the Restless," and was able to parlay that into several roles in many popular series throughout his childhood, including "Matt Houston," "Full House" and "General Hospital". He also starred in several movies of the week, including "Windmills of the Gods" and "The Night they Saved Christmas," and did a number of animated character voices for shows as well.

At the age of fourteen, Williams hosted "Wake, Rattle & Roll," a daily syndicated interview show that ran for 130 episodes, earning him praise and garnering him plenty of attention in the industry. "TV Guide" named him one of its "Ten New Faces to Watch," along with then relative newcomer, Will Smith. The magazine auspiciously predicted that Williams would excel not just as a host, producer or director, but in fact, it lauded: "Given his track record, all three."

Once he concluded his run on his daytime show, R.J. Williams decided to take a hiatus from show business to finish high school at the prestigious Crossroads High School, and then he went on to earn his bachelor's degree at the film school at the University of Southern California (USC).

After graduation, Williams formed a production company, Arjay Entertainment to focus on celebrity and lifestyle programming. Williams' first project, "The Hookup," was a pilot in which he interviewed several of his celebrity friends. This presentation caught the eye of Showtime executives and he then began a relationship that lasted several years and spawned numerous series and specials including "The Red Carpet," "VIP Access," "Breakthrough of the Year Awards" and "The Young Hollywood Awards."

In 2004, Williams worked alongside NSYNC's Lance Bass and together they co-hosted a one-hour, primetime American Music Awards Pre-Show with Dick Clark Productions and ABC. Arjay Entertainment quickly became the "go to" production company for one-of-a-kind-celebrity programming and became the market leader in "Young Hollywood" related content. They soon started adding clients such as ABC, TV Guide Channel, Fox Cable, AOL and many others.

Williams says, "At that point, I felt I was doing all I could with the production-for-hire format. I kept coming back to the idea of developing a cutting-edge entertainment brand focused on celebrities." Anticipating the importance of digital entertainment in the future, Williams decided to launch a brand on the Internet. "I realized the only way I could realize my vision was to invest the capital and resources to launch YoungHollywood.com myself."

Williams began shooting content for his new venture towards the end of 2006 and unveiled the beta version of YoungHollywood.com in early 2007. By the Fall of 2007, R.J. had forged partnerships with the four most powerful programming partners in their respective arenas: terrestrial television ("Entertainment Tonight"), social networking (MySpace), portal (Yahoo!) and video (YouTube).

As for influences, Williams says "I admire Oprah Winfrey because she created a brand from scratch and has been able to not only be the business person behind that brand, but also the on-camera personality." Like Winfrey, Williams is both the face of his brand and the host of some individual segments, although he's assembled a strong team of on-air talent.

Currently, Williams is focused on building YoungHollywood.com into a prominent, successful entertainment media platform. With respect to his vision, he says "Every ten years or so, a new entertainment magazine program comes on the scene and becomes established. I intend for Young Hollywood to be the next one, but I also see it expanding from online into television and other media." With Williams' track record, there's little reason to doubt him.