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Andrew Wilson (businessman)

Australian businessman (born )

Andrew Wilson (born 7 September )[citation needed] is an Australian businessman who has been the CEO of Electronic Arts (EA) since September He has also been chairman of the company since

Early life and education

Wilson grew up in a working-class family in Victoria and Queensland, Australia.[2] In his youth he played rugby and basketball at school, coached Taekwondo, and played golf, surfed, swam, and ran.[2]

He attended Queensland University of Technology, but dropped out before obtaining his law degree.[2]

Career

Early career

In the dot-com boom of the late s, Wilson, living in Sydney, built Australian websites for international corporations.[2] He subsequently also helped raise venture capital and launch IPOs for dot-com start-ups.[2]

Electronic Arts

After the dot-com bubble burst in late , in May Wilson joined Electronic Arts' small video-game development studio on Australia's Gold Coast, which created V8 supercar, rugby, cricket, and surfing video games but needed someone with real experience in how the sports were actually played.[2] That studio closed in due to lack of scale.[2] Wilson then worked in the company's Asian and European markets for several years before moving to EA Sports and then becoming an executive producer on the FIFA franchise.[3] In August he was appointed executive vice president of EA Sports, and he also took on duties as executive vice president of the company's Origin platform in April [4][5]

Six months after the resignation of John Riccitiello, Wilson was chosen to be the new CEO of the company on September 17, [6]

In his first year as CEO, Wilson initiated a "player-first" corporate strategy, and offered more free-to-play games and in-app purchase options.[7] In a move towards a transformation from physical software to digital, he also greatly increased EA's digital offerings, and launched EA Access, a subscription-based digital service for Xbox One players that allows unlimited play across a selection of EA titles.[7][8] Electronic Arts had a large revenue increase and its stock price doubled in [7][9]

In , Wilson became chairman of the board of EA, following the retirement of Larry Probst.[10]

In , he restructured the company into two organizations – EA Sports and EA Entertainment (formerly EA Games).[11][12]

Personal life

Wilson is married, and has one daughter and one son.[13] He holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.[14][15]

Wilson and his family live in Atherton, California.[16] In , along with several other Silicon Valley executives, he opposed a proposal to allow more than one home on a single acre in Atherton, which is one of Silicon Valley’s most exclusive and wealthiest towns.[16]

Awards and accolades

References

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    "One Of EA's Most Influential And Important Veterans Is Stepping Down". GameSpot. Retrieved 22 March

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