Jeff Briggs

Jeff Briggs (born March 10 1957 in Alabama) is founder (along with Sid Meier) and former president, and CEO of Firaxis Games, a computer game developer based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States. He was previously a game designer at MicroProse but left that company in 1996 along with Meier.

Briggs holds a Doctorate in Musical Composition and Theory. His career began in New York City, where he composed music for various events, including dance and theater groups. He took a job as Game Editor and Designer at West End Games where he worked until 1987. He then joined Microprose Software, one of the original premiere computer game development houses. At Microprose, Briggs served as Designer, Writer, Composer, Producer, Executive Producer and, finally, Director of Product Development. He left in 1996 to found Firaxis Games, where he led the design of Civilization III and oversaw the expansion of the company into a major developer of strategy computer games. Other game design work by Jeff Briggs included co-designing Colonization and Civilization II.

In 2003 Briggs was named software "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young, and in 2004 he was named "CEO of the Year" by Baltimore SmartCEO magazine. In 2005, Briggs negotiated the acquisition of Firaxis Games by Take Two Interactive, became its Chairman in spring of 2006, and left Firaxis in November of that year to pursue new career options. He currently resides outside of Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and two daughters.

External links

• Jeff Briggs' profile at MobyGames
• Jeff Briggs Named 'CEO of the Year' by Smart CEO Magazine, Firaxis press release