GAME DESIGNER

Michael Morhaime

1967 - Today

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Michael Morhaime (born November 3, 1967) is an American video game developer and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of Dreamhaven, located in Irvine, California. Morhaime is best known as the co-founder and the former president of Blizzard Entertainment, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc., that was founded in 1991 as Silicon & Synapse. He served on the Vivendi Games executive committee from January 1999, when Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Morhaime is the 74th most popular game designer (down from 61st in 2024), the 16,624th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,363rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Michael Morhaime ranks 74 out of 77. Before him are Uwe Rosenberg, Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Tom Hall, Chris Sawyer, Hajime Tabata, and Rebecca Heineman. After him are Chris Avellone, American McGee, Toby Gard, Chris Metzen, Kensuke Tanabe, and Adrian Carmack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Michael Morhaime ranks 901. Before him are Steve Pemberton, Beate Koch, Doctor Khumalo, Yelena Afanasyeva, Adam Schlesinger, and Miguel Rimba. After him are Paulo R. Holvorcem, Bent Ånund Ramsfjell, Minoru Kushibiki, Takeyuki Okamoto, Toomas Tõniste, and Norifumi Takamoto.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Morhaime ranks 16,631 out of 20,380. Before him are Victor J. Glover (1976), Shawn Crawford (1978), Tori Kelly (1992), Alexis Cruz (1974), Issa Rae (1985), and Jack Markell (1960). After him are Daniel Schmidt (1992), Jason Lamy-Chappuis (1986), Andrea Savage (1973), Daran Norris (1964), James Lesure (1970), and Carolyn McCormick (1959).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Michael Morhaime ranks 24. Before him are Mark Cerny (1964), John Tobias (1969), Amy Hennig (1964), Tim Schafer (1967), Tom Hall (1964), and Rebecca Heineman (1963). After him are Chris Avellone (1971), American McGee (1972), Chris Metzen (1973), Jonathan Blow (1971), Cory Barlog (1975), and Rob Pardo (1970).

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