John Riccitiello
John Riccitiello (* 1958 in the USA) is an American manager and CEO of Unity Technologies . From 2007 to 2013 he was CEO of Electronic Arts (EA), the world's second largest publisher and developer for video and computer games.
Life and career
He attended the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. Riccitiello has worked at numerous different companies and other organizations, including The Clorox Company as Brand Manager, PepsiCo as Group Marketing Director, Häagen-Dazs as Managing Director , Wilson Sporting Goods as President and Chief Executive Officer and Sara Lee Corporation, also serving as President and Chief Executive Officer.
From October 1997 to 2004 he worked as Chief Operating Officer at EA. He then left EA and co-founded the financial investor Elevation Partners. Under his leadership, the investor took over the two computer game developers BioWare and Pandemic Studios . In 2007 Riccitiello moved back to EA, where he succeeded long-term managing director Larry Probst as CEO and President in the same year . Riccitiello resigned on March 30, 2013. On October 22, 2014, he took over the position of CEO at Unity Technologies, the manufacturer of the Unity engine.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/NEW+PRESIDENT+FOR+WILSON+SPORTING+GOODS+CO.-a013283911
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ March 18, 2013, Electronic Arts Announces Change in Executive Leadership
- ↑ [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Riccitiello, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |