Trip Hawkins

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Trip Hawkins is an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of video game giant Electronic Arts and a pioneer in the computer and console gaming industry.

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instanceOf entrepreneur
human
video game industry pioneer
awardReceived AIAS Hall of Fame induction NERFINISHED
boardMemberOf 3DO Company NERFINISHED
Digital Chocolate NERFINISHED
Electronic Arts NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1953-12-28
degree Bachelor of Arts in Strategy and Applied Game Theory
educatedAt Harvard University
Stanford Graduate School of Business NERFINISHED
employer Apple Inc. NERFINISHED
familyName Hawkins NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork computer games
console games
mobile games
founded 3DO Company NERFINISHED
Digital Chocolate NERFINISHED
Electronic Arts NERFINISHED
If You Can Company NERFINISHED
foundedElectronicArtsIn 1982
fullName William Murray Hawkins III NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName William
industry software industry
video game industry
knownFor founding Electronic Arts
pioneering the computer game industry
pioneering the console game industry
languageSpoken English
nickname Trip NERFINISHED
notableAchievement advocated for strong branding of game creators
helped popularize home computer gaming in the 1980s
notableIdea treating video games as an art form
notableWork early promotion of game designers as "software artists" at Electronic Arts
occupation business executive
entrepreneur
video game designer
placeOfBirth Pasadena, California, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld CEO of 3DO Company
CEO of Digital Chocolate
CEO of Electronic Arts
Chairman of Electronic Arts
Director of Marketing at Apple
residence California, United States
startOfActivity 1970s

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Electronic Arts foundedBy Trip Hawkins