Robert Garriott

American businessman (born 1956)

Robert K. Garriott (born December 7, 1956) is an American video 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 from 2001 until 2008.2

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Born Dec 7, 1956.1

About

He is the second-eldest son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott.

Garriott 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 he 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 (EA) 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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Robert Garriott, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedMIT Sloan School of Management3
  • Date not recordedRice University3
  • Date not recordedMassachusetts Institute of Technology3
  • Date not recordedStanford University3

Career

Occupation: engineer.5

Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited States6

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