Bobby Kotick vs Yves Guillemot

Bobby Kotick

CEO of Activision

BIO: Mr. Kotick has been a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Activision, Inc. since February 1991 until July 2008, when he became Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games. By merging Activision, Inc.'s top selling portfolio of console and handheld games with Blizzard Entertainment's leading PC and online subscription franchises, Activision Blizzard is the largest, most profitable pure-play interactive entertainment software publisher in the world with leading market positions across every major category of the rapidly growing interactive entertainment software industry. In addition to his responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard, Mr. Kotick is also a member of the board of trustees for Harvard Westlake School and he is chairman of the committee of Trustees at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where he serves as vice chairman of the board of directors. In addition, Mr. Kotick is the founder and co-chairman of the Call of Duty Endowment.

Yves Guillemot

CEO of Ubisoft

BIO: In 1986 Yves Guillemot and his four brothers founded Ubisoft convinced that video games were the future of entertainment. The Guillemot brothers understood early on that if they were to succeed, they would have to focus on creating original content and developing their own brands, while attracting and growing top in-house talents. For more than 30 years, Yves has led Ubisoft to continually greater heights in an industry in constant transformation. Under his wings, Ubisoft’s passionate teams have been able to take advantage of regular tech disruptions to innovate and to engage players in new ways. Driven by the strong belief that video games can enrich people’s lives, Yves’ goal is to bring games to billions all over the world so that even more players can have fun, shine and express their individuality