Michael Morhaime was born on November 3, 1967. He is an American video game developer and business leader. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of Dreamhaven, a company based in Irvine, California.
Thomas James Chilton was born on March 15, 1985. He is a British racing driver who will compete for Team VERTU in the British Touring Car Championship. Thomas has mostly competed in touring car racing throughout his career.
Rob Pardo was born on June 9, 1970. He is an American video game designer and the founder of Bonfire Studios. Before starting his own company, he worked as the top creative leader at Blizzard Entertainment for nearly 17 years.
Bonnie Ross is an American video game developer. She worked as a Corporate Vice President at Xbox Game Studios and was the leader of 343 Industries, a company that is part of Microsoft and manages the Halo video game series. Ross studied technical writing and computer science in college.
Phil Spencer (born January 12, 1968) is an American business leader who was the chief executive officer of Microsoft Gaming from 2022 to 2026. He began his career at Microsoft as an intern in 1988 and worked in different areas of the company, including helping create Microsoft’s first CD-ROM-based games. He joined the Xbox team in 2001.
Donald Allan Mattrick OBC was born on February 13, 1964. He is a Canadian businessman who helped start Distinctive Software (DSI) in 1982 when he was 17 years old. He started this company in Vancouver while finishing high school and studying business and economics at Simon Fraser University.
William Murray “Trip” Hawkins III (born December 28, 1953) is an American entrepreneur and founder of Electronic Arts, The 3DO Company, and Digital Chocolate.
Jeff Braun was born on August 9, 1989. He is an American mixing engineer who has worked with many famous musicians, including Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Nelly, Mitchell Tenpenny, Jelly Roll, Cole Swindell, Russell Dickerson, Elle King, Chris Young, The Band CAMINO, Ingrid Andress, Adam Doleac, Ben Rector, Seaforth, Lindsay Ell, Hunter Hayes, Granger Smith, LoCash, and Sam Tinnesz. Braun has mixed eighteen number one songs, more than twelve number one songs on Sirius XM’s The Highway, and received a CMA Award for “Single of the Year” for Jason Aldean’s song “If I Didn’t Love You” featuring Carrie Underwood.
William Ralph Wright was born on January 20, 1960. He is an American video game designer and co-founded the game development company Maxis, which later became part of Electronic Arts. In April 2009, he left Electronic Arts to lead Stupid Fun Club Camp, an entertainment think tank.
Chris Roberts was born on May 27, 1968. He is a British and American video game designer, programmer, and filmmaker. While working at Origin Systems, he created the Wing Commander series.