Gabe Newell

Gabe Newell

male, 47 years old (Bellevue, Washington, United States)
entrepreneur, Half-Life, Valve Corporation, Managing Director, videogamedevelopment, half-life 2…game development
Gabe Newell (born November 3, 1962) is the co-founder and managing director of game development company Valve Corporation.
Ken Williams

Ken Williams

male, 55 years old
Sierra On-line, Game designer, Video Game Designer, designer, sprites, Hackers Hero of the Computer Revolution…Early game industry moguls, adventure game, game programmer, videogamedevelopment, Computer and video game designer
Ken Williams (born October 1954) is an American game programmer and co-founder with his wife Roberta Williams of On-Line Systems, which later...
Gunpei Yokoi

Gunpei Yokoi

male, deceased (1997)
Japanese video game designer, videogamedevelopment, video game, Gumpei Yokoi, Early game industry moguls, Road accident victim…Japanese computer and video game designer, computer and video games, Game & Watch, research and development, general manager of the Research and Development
Gunpei Yokoi, also seen as (September 10, 1941–October 4, 1997) was one of the most important figures in the history of the video game company Ni...
Ed Fries

Ed Fries

male
Microsoft employee, Emotiv Systems, Emotiv, Xbox, Microsoft, eeg…videogamedevelopment
Ed Fries was vice president of game publishing at Microsoft during much of the Xbox's lifecycle. He was a prime evangelist of the platform to game...
Robert Garriott

Robert Garriott

male, 52 years old
Destination Games, NCSoft, Origin Systems, video game industry, Computer Game Developer, Stanford University…Early game industry moguls, computer game industry, videogamedevelopment, video game developer
Robert K. Garriott (born December 7, 1956) is a computer game industry figure and entrepreneur. He co-founded Origin Systems and Destination Games...

Mike Harrington

male
entrepreneur, Valve Software, videogamedevelopment, Programmer, Microsoft, development…game development, computer game, game programmer
Mike Harrington was the co-founder and programmer of the computer game development company, Valve Software. Harrington, a former Microsoft...

Steven Pederson

male
Video Game Designer, Compu-Spell, Software Publisher, videogamedevelopment, Edu-ware, software programmer…computer game, game programmer, Computer and video game designer
Steven W. Pederson is an American software programmer and entrepreneur, best known for being one of the founders of software publisher Edu-Ware...
Mark Caldwell

Mark Caldwell

male
The 3DO Company, Might and Magic, Rapid Eye Entertainment, Video Game Producer, new world computing, videogamedevelopment…game programmer
Mark Caldwell is a computer game programmer, designer, and producer. Caldwell joined New World Computing in 1985 as the first employer and worked...
Michelle Hinn

Michelle Hinn

female
virginia tech, University of Nevada, Reno, Halo Combat Evolved, games accessible to gamers with disabilities, Amped Freestyle Snowboarding, Oddworld Munch's Oddysee…Game accessibility, Microsoft Game Studios, videogamedevelopment
Michelle Hinn is the current chairperson of the IGDA's Game Accessibility Special Interest Group, a game industry advocacy group for creating...
Brad Fregger

Brad Fregger

male, 69 years old
Video Game Producer, ghostbusters, San Jose State University, tetris, Pitfall II, book publisher…videogamedevelopment, Game Producer, computer and video games, video game publisher, Computer and video game producer
Brad Fregger (born May 31 1940 in Billings, Montana) is an American entrepreneur, author and former game producer publisher, and book publisher....