Robert Garriott
Businessperson, Person
1956 –
Who is Robert Garriott?
Robert K. Garriott is an American computer game industry figure and entrepreneur. He co-founded Origin Systems and Destination Games with his brother, Richard Garriott, and was the CEO of NCsoft-North America until 2008. He is the second-eldest son of NASA astronaut Owen K. Garriott.
Garriott was graduated from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1983 with a Master of Science in Management and also earned degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rice University, and a master's degree in Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford University.
In 1983 co-founded computer game developer Origin Systems with his younger brother Richard "Lord British" Garriott. He was a vice president and later an executive vice president at Electronic Arts after the company acquired Origin in 1992. Garriott left EA in 1995 and co-founded Destination Games in 2000. Destination was bought by NCsoft in 2001 and he became president and CEO of NCsoft-North America.
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- Born
- Dec 7, 1956
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Stanford University
- Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Management - Rice University
- Employment
- Destination Games
- Electronic Arts
- Origin Systems
- NCSOFT
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on July 23, 2013
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