Mark Jonathan Pincus is an American Internet entrepreneur known as the founder of Zynga, a mobile social gaming company. Pincus also founded the startups Freeloader, Inc., Tribe Networks, and Support.com; founded and launched an incubator, SuperLabs, later acquired by Zynga; and co-founded the political movement, Win the Future. Pincus served as the CEO of Zynga until July 2013, then again from 2015 to 2016.
Louis Castle is an American video games designer. He is known for co-founding Westwood Studios, contributing to the Command & Conquer series of real-time strategy games, serving as Executive Producer for the PC video games Blade Runner and Monopoly, and collaborating with Steven Spielberg on the Boom Blox and Boom Blox Bash Party video games for the Nintendo Wii console based on Spielberg's design ideas.
EA Mobile Inc. is an American video game development studio of the publisher Electronic Arts (EA).
Lawrence Francis Probst III is an American businessman who is best known for his work with the video game publisher Electronic Arts, including acting as CEO from 1991 until 2007 and as executive chairman from 2013-14. He remains chairman of EA and serves as chairman of the United States Olympic Committee.
Soren Johnson is an American video game designer and programmer. He was employed by Firaxis Games from 2000 to 2007, where he co-designed several of their most popular games. In 2013 he co-founded Mohawk Games.
William "Bing" Gordon is a video game executive and technology venture capitalist. He served ten years as Chief Creative Officer of video game publisher and developer Electronic Arts (EA) prior to his current partnership with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB). He was a founding director of Audible.com and has served on several high profile Boards of Directors including Amazon, Ngmoco, and Zynga.
Peter Moore is a British/American business executive best known for his former positions as Senior VP of Global Sports Marketing at Reebok, President of Sega of America, and Corporate Vice-President of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division, overseeing the Xbox and Xbox 360 game consoles. From 2007 to 2011 he was head of Electronic Arts' EA Sports game division. In 2012 he was appointed COO of Electronic Arts. He resigned from Electronic Arts in February 2017 to become CEO of Liverpool Football Club.
Don A. Mattrick is a Canadian businessman best known for being the former CEO of social gaming company Zynga, as well as a member of its board of directors. Previously, Mattrick was the President of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. In this role, he was responsible for a collection of consumer businesses including Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Xbox One, Kinect, TV Music and Video services, Microsoft Mediaroom, PC and Mobile Interactive Entertainment as well as the manufacturing and supply chain for Microsoft. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2007, Mattrick served as the President of Worldwide Studios for Electronic Arts, where he worked for 15 years. At only 17, Mattrick founded Distinctive Software, which was acquired by Electronic Arts in 1991 and subsequently became EA Canada.
John Riccitiello is an American business executive who is chief executive officer (CEO) of Unity Technologies. Previously, he served as CEO, chief operating officer and president of Electronic Arts, and co-founded private equity firm Elevation Partners in 2004. Riccitiello has served on several company boards, including those of the Entertainment Software Association, the Entertainment Software Rating Board, the Haas School of Business and the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Respawn Entertainment, LLC is an American video game development studio founded by Jason West and Vince Zampella. West and Zampella previously co-founded Infinity Ward and created the Call of Duty franchise, where they were responsible for its development until 2010. The studio created the Titanfall series, as well as the free-to-play battle royale game Apex Legends. Respawn was acquired by Electronic Arts on December 1, 2017, and is developing Medal Of Honor: Above and Beyond as well as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order as of June 2019.
Walter James "Jim" McNerney Jr. is a business executive who was chairman of The Boeing Company until March 1, 2016. He previously served as President and CEO of the company until July 2015.
Andrew Wilson is an Australian-American businessman who has been the CEO of Electronic Arts (EA) since September 2013. On September 18, 2017, he was elected as a director of Intel.
Robert "Patrick" Söderlund is a Swedish businessman and video game executive. He was Executive Vice President in charge of Worldwide Studios at Electronic Arts (EA), overseeing all game production. He was later Chief Design Officer of EA. Söderlund was also known for his tenure as CEO of DICE, a Swedish video game development company that created the Battlefield series of games, which was acquired by EA in 2006. As of August 2016, he is reported to own approximately US$11 million of EA shares.
Since the mid-2000s, Electronic Arts has been in the center of numerous controversies involving acquisitions of companies and anti-consumer practices in their individual games, as well as lawsuits alleging EA's anti-competition when signing sports-related contracts. In 2012 and 2013, the company was named "Worst Company in America" by Consumerist.
Mark Skaggs is an American video game producer and executive. Skaggs is known for leading the team that created the Facebook game FarmVille for Zynga, leading the team that created CityVille, and serving as Executive Producer and product lead for the PC real-time strategy games Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Command & Conquer: Generals, and The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth.
John Schappert is an American video game executive and entrepreneur. Schappert is best known for co-founding Tiburon Entertainment with Jason Andersen and Steve Chiang in 1994. He is the Chairman of Motorsport Games, a Motorsport Network's esport platform. Schappert is also known for his tenure as Zynga's Chief Operating Officer from 2011 to 2012. Before joining Zynga, Schappert served as the Chief Operating Officer of Electronic Arts from 2009 to 2011. He also oversaw Xbox Live and Microsoft Game Studios as a Corporate Vice President of Microsoft from 2007 to 2009. Schappert most recently founded Shiver Entertainment in 2013.
Neil Young is a video game designer, producer, executive, and entrepreneur. Young is best known for founding the mobile game company ngmoco in 2008, which created games including We Farm, Godfinger, and the Rolando series as well as the Plus+ mobile platform. In 2010, ngmoco was acquired by DeNA Co., Ltd for up to $400 million. Young is also known for his role as Executive Producer and product lead for the hit video games The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Young held numerous executive positions at Electronic Arts during his 11-year tenure there, including Studio Manager of Maxis, General Manager of EA Los Angeles, and General Manager of EA: Blueprint. After leaving DeNA, Young founded N3TWORK in 2013, a small technology company that started out building a new app for organizing and viewing internet content but pivoted to mobile games in 2015.
Michael Verdu is a video game executive, designer, and entrepreneur. Verdu is best known for his tenure as Zynga's Chief Creative Officer, for co-founding Legend Entertainment with Bob Bates in 1989, and for serving as Executive Producer and product lead for the PC real-time strategy games Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars and The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II at Electronic Arts. Verdu also designed and produced the PC video game Mission Critical and co-designed/co-produced the PC video games Frederik Pohl's Gateway and Gateway II.
