Robert Garriott, Date of Birth

    

Robert Garriott

American businessman

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1956

Profession: engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Robert Garriott

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  • 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 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 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.

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