Robert Kotick
President and CEO, Activision Blizzard
Robert Kotick is president, CEO and a director of Activision Blizzard. He was a director and CEO of Activision Inc. from 1991 until 2008, when he became CEO of Activision Blizzard in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games. By merging Activision's top-selling portfolio of console and handheld games with Blizzard Entertainment's leading PC and online subscription franchises, Activision Blizzard is the largest, most profitable pure-play interactive entertainment software publisher in the world, with leading market positions across every major category of the rapidly growing interactive entertainment software industry. The company is based in Santa Monica, Calif., and operates in 16 countries with more than 7,000 employees worldwide. Kotick also serves on the board of The Coca-Cola Company and on the Board of Trustees for The Center for Early Education. He chairs the Committee of Trustees and is vice chairman of the board at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.