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Bobby Kotick

Bobby Kotick is a video game executive who led Activision Blizzard as chief executive and co-founded the Call of Duty Endowment.[1]regulatory filing sourceActivision Blizzard 2023 Proxy StatementU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionThe SEC proxy identifies Kotick as Activision Blizzard chief executive; the Endowment identifies him as its co-founder.CheckedOpen original source

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Core facts

Entity type
Person
Occupations
Video game executive[1]regulatory filing sourceActivision Blizzard 2023 Proxy StatementU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionThe company proxy identifies Kotick as chief executive of Activision Blizzard.CheckedOpen original source
Official profile or website
callofdutyendowment.org[2]first-party sourceBobby KotickCall of Duty EndowmentThe Call of Duty Endowment maintains an official biographical profile identifying Kotick and his role with the organization.CheckedOpen original source

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Who is Bobby Kotick?[1]regulatory filing sourceActivision Blizzard 2023 Proxy StatementU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionThe SEC proxy records Kotick’s executive tenure; the Endowment describes its 2009 founding with Kotick.CheckedOpen original source

Kotick led Activision as chief executive beginning in 1991, later served as Activision Blizzard chief executive, and co-founded the Call of Duty Endowment in 2009.

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History

  1. 1991–2008[1]regulatory filing sourceActivision Blizzard 2023 Proxy StatementU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionThe proxy states Kotick was chairman and chief executive from 1991 until 2008.CheckedOpen original source

  2. 2008–2017[1]regulatory filing sourceActivision Blizzard 2023 Proxy StatementU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionThe proxy states Kotick served as president from 2008 until 2017.CheckedOpen original source

  3. 1991[1]regulatory filing sourceActivision Blizzard 2023 Proxy StatementU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionThe company’s proxy states Kotick became a director in 1991 and served as its senior executive from that year.CheckedOpen original source

  4. 2009[3]first-party sourceOur founding storyCall of Duty EndowmentThe Endowment’s founding story says it began in 2009 from a conversation involving Kotick and Jim Nicholson.CheckedOpen original source

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Leadership

Activision Blizzard
Chief executive officer through the end of 2023[4]first-party sourceBobby Kotick: With gratitudeActivision BlizzardActivision Blizzard published Kotick’s outgoing CEO note in December 2023 after stating the merger had completed.CheckedOpen original source
Call Of Duty Endowment
Co-founder and co-chairman[2]first-party sourceBobby KotickCall of Duty EndowmentThe Endowment’s profile identifies Kotick as its co-founder and co-chairman.CheckedOpen original source

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Related entities

  • createdCall of Duty Endowment[2]first-party sourceBobby KotickCall of Duty EndowmentThe Endowment identifies Kotick as its co-founder.CheckedOpen original source
  • createdActivision Blizzard[5]structured public data sourceActivision Blizzard — WikidataWikidataWikidata P112 links Activision Blizzard to Bobby Kotick.CheckedOpen original source

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Sources

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  1. Activision Blizzard 2023 Proxy Statement

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · regulatory filing source

  2. Bobby Kotick

    Call of Duty Endowment · first-party source

  3. Our founding story

    Call of Duty Endowment · first-party source

  4. Bobby Kotick: With gratitude

    Activision Blizzard · first-party source

  5. Activision Blizzard — Wikidata

    Wikidata · structured public data source

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