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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trip Hawkins canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
entrepreneur
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human ⓘ video game industry pioneer ⓘ |
| awardReceived | AIAS Hall of Fame induction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
3DO Company
NERFINISHED
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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
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Stanford Graduate School of Business NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer games
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console games ⓘ mobile games ⓘ |
| founded |
3DO Company
NERFINISHED
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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
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video game industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding Electronic Arts
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pioneering the computer game industry ⓘ pioneering the console game industry ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| nickname | Trip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
advocated for strong branding of game creators
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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
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entrepreneur ⓘ video game designer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Pasadena, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
CEO of 3DO Company
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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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