Bobby Kotick is a renowned video game publisher. He is the CEO of Activision Blizzard, a video game publisher. For many years the company has been on top in this industry.
Kotick has more than 30 years of experience in the video game empire.
He holds the record of the longest-serving CEO in the video game industry. Activision Blizzard produces many popular games, including Candy crash, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Crash bandicoot, Overwatch, and Tony Hawk’s skateboarding series. During his time in Activision Blizzard, Kotick has increased the company’s market value to about $70 billion. Additionally, the company has created more than 10000 job opportunities.
On Dec 28, 2021 stock market trading session, the company’s shares advanced by 1.86% to $66.67. The company outperformed many of its competitors, such as Microsoft Corp, which fell by 0.35% to $341.25.
Kotick is thankful to his employees for their dedication to building Blizzard’s empire. Despite the outstanding success in December, he remembers how the company recycled aluminum in search of money.
From Feb 1991 to July 2008, Kotick was the chairman and CEO of Activision. After the merger of Activision and Blizzard, he became the company’s president and CEO. He served as the president until June 2017.
Under his leadership, the company has become a leading publisher and developer of interactive entertainment. Kotick is a co-founder of the Call of Duty Endowment, which assists veterans in career finding. He also serves on the board of Harvard-Westlake School, Museum of Art at Los Angeles County, and Coca-Cola Company
Bobby Kotick attended Michigan University. He has received various awards, including Adweek’s list of top 100 leaders in Media, 2016’s Vanity Fairs list, and Best Performing CEO by Harvard business review’s 2016.
Kotick advises people to have passion and love in what they do. If not for the passion, he would have already given up on his career and tried something else.
