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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]

## Core facts

- **Entity type:** Person

- **Occupations:** Video game executive — [1] regulatory filing, checked 23 Sept 2026

- **Official profile or website:** [callofdutyendowment.org](https://www.callofdutyendowment.org/bobby_kotick) — [2] first-party, checked 23 Sept 2026

## Who is Bobby Kotick?

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. — [1] regulatory filing, checked 23 Sept 2026

## History

- **activision\_blizzard\_chairman:** 1991–2008 — [1] regulatory filing, checked 23 Sept 2026

- **activision\_blizzard\_president:** 2008–2017 — [1] regulatory filing, checked 23 Sept 2026

- **activision\_ceo\_start:** 1991 — [1] regulatory filing, checked 23 Sept 2026

- **call\_of\_duty\_endowment\_founded:** 2009 — [3] first-party, checked 23 Sept 2026

## Leadership

- **Activision Blizzard:** Chief executive officer through the end of 2023 — [4] first-party, checked 23 Sept 2026

- **Call Of Duty Endowment:** Co-founder and co-chairman — [2] first-party, checked 23 Sept 2026

## Relationships

- **founded:** Call of Duty Endowment — [2] first-party, checked 23 Sept 2026

- **founded:** [Activision Blizzard](https://groundingwiki.com/en/companies/activision-blizzard/index.md) — [5] structured public data, checked 22 Sept 2026

## Sources
1. [Activision Blizzard 2023 Proxy Statement](https://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718877/000130817923000834/latvi012_def14a.htm)
   - Publisher: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
   - Type: regulatory filing
   - Checked: 23 Sept 2026
   - Evidence:
     - Definition: "The SEC proxy identifies Kotick as Activision Blizzard chief executive; the Endowment identifies him as its co-founder."
     - Occupations: "The company proxy identifies Kotick as chief executive of Activision Blizzard."
     - Who is Bobby Kotick?: "The SEC proxy records Kotick’s executive tenure; the Endowment describes its 2009 founding with Kotick."
     - activision\_blizzard\_chairman: "The proxy states Kotick was chairman and chief executive from 1991 until 2008."
     - activision\_blizzard\_president: "The proxy states Kotick served as president from 2008 until 2017."
     - activision\_ceo\_start: "The company’s proxy states Kotick became a director in 1991 and served as its senior executive from that year."
2. [Bobby Kotick](https://callofdutyendowment.org/bobby_kotick)
   - Publisher: Call of Duty Endowment
   - Type: first-party
   - Checked: 23 Sept 2026
   - Evidence:
     - Official profile or website: "The Call of Duty Endowment maintains an official biographical profile identifying Kotick and his role with the organization."
     - Call Of Duty Endowment: "The Endowment’s profile identifies Kotick as its co-founder and co-chairman."
     - founded: "The Endowment identifies Kotick as its co-founder."
3. [Our founding story](https://callofdutyendowment.org/our_founding_story)
   - Publisher: Call of Duty Endowment
   - Type: first-party
   - Checked: 23 Sept 2026
   - Evidence:
     - call\_of\_duty\_endowment\_founded: "The Endowment’s founding story says it began in 2009 from a conversation involving Kotick and Jim Nicholson."
4. [Bobby Kotick: With gratitude](https://newsroom.activisionblizzard.com/p/bobby-kotick-december-note)
   - Publisher: Activision Blizzard
   - Type: first-party
   - Checked: 23 Sept 2026
   - Evidence:
     - Activision Blizzard: "Activision Blizzard published Kotick’s outgoing CEO note in December 2023 after stating the merger had completed."
5. [Activision Blizzard — Wikidata](https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q344341)
   - Publisher: Wikidata
   - Type: structured public data
   - Checked: 22 Sept 2026
   - Evidence:
     - founded: "Wikidata P112 links Activision Blizzard to Bobby Kotick."

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