Michael Morhaime

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Michael Morhaime (2007)

Michael "Mike" Morhaime (* 1967 ) is an American entrepreneur . In 1991 he co-founded Blizzard Entertainment with Frank Pearce and Allen Adham , of which he was President and CEO until October 2018.

Life

Michael Morhaime received his bachelor's degree from UCLA in 1990 and is an alumnus of the Triangle Fraternity fraternity there . In 1991 he founded the video game company Silicon & Synapse with Frank Pearce and Allen Adham , now known as Blizzard Entertainment .

Morhaime is playing poker and finished 2nd in the 2006 edition of DICE's Celebrity Poker Tournament. In the final round, Mike Scott Fischman and Perry Friedman (pros of the World Series of Poker ) and Ray Muzyka , co-founder and CEO of the computer game developer BioWare , faced each other. After a dramatic 45-minute poker duel, Ray emerged victorious.

Along with Don Daglow from Stormfront Studios and John Carmack from id Software , he was honored in 2008 at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for creating Blizzard's World of Warcraft .

Morhaime is also a member of the Level 90 Elite Tauren Chieftain, a metal band founded by and with Blizzard staff , he plays bass himself.

In 2012, Morhaime was named “National Entrepreneur Of The Year” in the technology category by the Ernst & Young corporate network .

Morhaime has been opening Blizzard's own game fair BlizzCon since its inception .

On October 3, 2018, it was announced that Mike Morhaime was leaving the office of President and CEO to J. Allen Brack , who was previously Executive Producer of World of Warcraft . Morhaime will continue to work as a consultant for the company.

“After many years of working with some of the most talented people in the business creating games and worlds for you, it's time for someone else to run Blizzard Entertainment. I will continue to serve as an advisor to this company that I love and admire so much. My duties as President of Blizzard will be taken over by J. Allen Brack, my friend, colleague, trusted advisor and longtime advisor to World of Warcraft . "

- Mike Morhaime : About the announcement that he is leaving the post as CEO

In a public announcement to investors from Activision Blizzard, Inc., it was announced that Michael Morhaime will also retire as a strategic advisor effective April 7, 2019.

Games

producer

executive producer

developer

Trivia

  • Morhaime was animated in the South Park episode "Make love, not Warcraft". He also worked there as President of Blizzard.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James Brightman: Blizzard CEO wins entrepreneur of the year award. In: www.gamesindustry.biz. November 19, 2012, accessed November 20, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Blizzard Entertainment: A message from Mike Morhaime and J. Allen Brack in news.blizzard.com on October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  3. ↑ Blizzard Entertainment: A message from Mike Morhaime and J. Allen Brack In: news.blizzard.com on October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  4. ↑ Chris B. Walther: Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers. Activision Blizzard Inc., January 9, 2019, accessed January 13, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Morhaime, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morhaime, Mike (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American game developer
DATE OF BIRTH 1967