People: Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Brian Kelly	49	1998	Executive Co-Chairman of the Board
Robert Kotick	50	2008	President, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director
Dennis Durkin	42	2012	Chief Financial Officer
Eric Hirshberg	43	2010	Chief Executive Officer of Activision Publishing Inc.
Michael Morhaime	44	2008	President and Chief Executive Officer of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Thomas Tippl	45	2012	Chief Operating Officer
Brian Hodous	48	2008	Chief Customer Officer
Humam Sakhnini	43	2012	Chief Strategy, Talent Officer
Christopher Walther	45	2011	Chief Legal Officer
Ann Weiser	54	2008	Chief Human Resources Officer
Philippe Capron	55	2008	Director
Jean-Yves Charlier	49	2012	Director
Frederic Crepin	43	2008	Director
Jean-Francois Dubos		2012	Director
Lucian Grainge	53	2011	Director
Regis Turrini	54	2009	Director
Robert Corti	62	2003	Independent Director
Robert Morgado	69	1997	Independent Director
Richard Sarnoff	53	2005	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Brian Kelly	Mr. Brian G. Kelly is Executive Co-Chairman of the Board of Activision Blizzard Inc. He has held various positions of responsibility with Activision Blizzard since 1991, including serving as a director of Activision Blizzard since July 1995 and the co-chairman of the company Board since October 1998. Mr. Kelly holds a B.A. degree in Accounting from Rutgers University and a J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law.
Robert Kotick	Mr. Robert A. Kotick is President, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of Activision Blizzard Inc. He has been a director of Activision Blizzard since February 1991 and was the company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from February 1991 until July 2008, when he became the company President and Chief Executive Officer in connection with the Combination. Mr. Kotick is also a member of the board of directors of The Coca-Cola Company, a multinational beverage corporation, and the boards of trustees for The Center for Early Education and The Harvard Westlake School. He is also chairman of the committee of trustees at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In addition, Mr. Kotick is the founder and co-chairman of The Call of Duty Endowment, a non-profit, public benefit corporation that seeks to help organizations that provide job placement and training services for veterans. In addition, he served on the board of directors of Yahoo!, Inc., an Internet content and service provider, from 2003 until 2008.
Dennis Durkin	Mr. Dennis Durkin is Chief Financial Officer of Activision Blizzard Inc., since March 01, 2012. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Durkin held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Microsoft Corporation, a computing hardware and software manufacturer, most recently serving as the corporate vice president, chief operating and financial officer of Microsoft Corporation’s interactive entertainment business, which includes the Xbox console business. Prior to joining Microsoft Corporation’s interactive entertainment business in 2006, Mr. Durkin worked on Microsoft Corporation’s corporate development and strategy team, including two years where he was based in London, England driving pan-European activity. Before joining Microsoft Corporation, Mr. Durkin was a financial analyst at Alex. Brown and Company. Mr. Durkin holds a B.A degree in Government from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A from Harvard University.
Eric Hirshberg	Mr. Eric Hirshberg is the Chief Executive Officer of Activision Publishing Inc. of Activision Blizzard, Inc., since September 7, 2010. He became the Chief Executive Officer of Activision Publishing, Inc. (“Activision Publishing”), a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard and, along with Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (“Blizzard Entertainment”), one of the company two principal operating units, in September 2010. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Hirshberg served in positions of increasing responsibility with Deutsch LA, a marketing and advertising agency, most recently serving as its co-chief executive officer and its chief creative officer. Prior to working at Deutsch LA, Mr. Hirshberg worked at Fattal & Collins, a marketing and advertising agency. Mr. Hirshberg holds a B.F.A. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Michael Morhaime	Mr. Michael Morhaime is President and Chief Executive Officer of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. He became Chief Executive Officer of Blizzard Entertainment and an executive officer of Activision Blizzard in July 2008 in connection with the Combination. In February 1991, Mr. Morhaime co-founded Blizzard Entertainment, now a subsidiary and, along with Activision Publishing, one of the company two principal operating units, and transitioned to the role of the company’s President in April 1998. Mr. Morhaime served on the executive committee of Vivendi Games from January 1999, when Blizzard Entertainment became a subsidiary of Vivendi Games, until the consummation of the Combination. Mr. Morhaime holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Thomas Tippl	Mr. Thomas Tippl is Chief Operating Officer of Activision Blizzard Inc. Prior to that, he served as the company Chief Corporate Officer from March 2009 until March 2010. In addition, Mr. Tippl served as the company Chief Financial Officer from July 2008 until February 2012 and has been the Chief Financial Officer of Activision Publishing since joining the company in October 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Tippl served as the head of investor relations and shareholder services at The Procter & Gamble Company, a manufacturer of consumer goods products, from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Tippl also served as the finance director of Procter & Gamble’s Baby Care, Europe division and as a member of the board of directors of the joint venture between Procter & Gamble and Fater in Italy from 2001 to 2003. Mr. Tippl co-founded Procter & Gamble’s Equity Venture Fund in 1999 and also served as the associate director of acquisitions and divestitures for Procter & Gamble from 1999 to 2001. Prior to 1999, Mr. Tippl served in various financial executive positions for Procter & Gamble in Europe, China and Japan. Mr. Tippl holds a Masters degree in Economics and Social Sciences from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
Brian Hodous	Mr. Brian Hodous is Chief Customer Officer of Activision Blizzard Inc. He became the company Chief Customer Officer in July 2008 in connection with the Combination and was the Chief Customer Officer of Activision Publishing from the time he joined the Company in November 2006 until the consummation of the Combination. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hodous was employed by Cadbury Schweppes, an international confectionery and beverage company, where he was the group director and the executive vice president of global sales from 1999 to 2006. Prior to working at Cadbury Schweppes, Mr. Hodous served in various sales and senior management positions of increasing responsibility with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company, Pillsbury, a food products company, Drackett Products, a homecare products producer, and GlaxoSmithKline, a pharmaceutical manufacturer. Mr. Hodous holds a B.A. degree in Marketing and Management from Marquette University.
Humam Sakhnini	Mr. Humam Sakhnini is Chief Strategy, Talent Officer of Activision Blizzard, Inc. He was the company Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development from July 2009 until February 2012. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sakhnini was a partner with McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, in its global media and entertainment practice. Prior to McKinsey & Company, Mr. Sakhnini founded and co-led ISGroup, a financial technology firm that provided technology solutions to mutual funds and hedge funds. Prior to that, Mr. Sakhnini held a number of positions at BMO Nesbitt Burns, Canada’s investment bank and brokerage, and the Ministry of Finance in Canada, where he worked on a variety of fiscal and monetary policies. Mr. Sakhnini holds a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario, an M.A. in Economics from Queen’s University at Kingston, and an M.B.A. from Yale University School of Management.
Christopher Walther	Mr. Christopher B. Walther is Chief Legal Officer of Activision Blizzard Inc. He became the company Chief Legal Officer in November 2009 and served as the company Secretary from February 2010 until February 2011. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Walther held a number of positions of increasing responsibility within the legal department of The Procter & Gamble Company from 1992 to 2009, including serving as the general counsel for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, general counsel for Northeast Asia and, most recently, as general counsel for Western Europe. Mr. Walther also led Procter & Gamble’s corporate and securities and mergers and acquisitions practices. Before joining Procter & Gamble, Mr. Walther served as a law clerk for Senior Judge Harry W. Wellford of the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Walther holds a B.A. degree in History and Spanish from Centre College and a J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
Ann Weiser	Ms. Ann E. Weiser is Chief Human Resources Officer of Activision Blizzard Inc., since July 2008 in connection with the Combination. She was the Chief Human Resources Officer of Activision Publishing from the time she joined the Company in September 2007 until the consummation of the Combination. She will be retiring from service to the Company at the end of the term of her current employment agreement, in August 2012. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Weiser served in a number of executive level human resources positions at Royal Ahold, an international retail operator, from 2001 to 2007, most recently as the chief human resources officer of Royal Ahold’s U.S. Foodservice division. Prior to that, Ms. Weiser held a series of increasingly responsible human resources leadership positions at such companies as U.S. Office Products, Mariner Post-Acute Network, a provider of health services, and Kraft, a food and beverage company. Ms. Weiser holds a B.A. degree in Sociology from California State University in Long Beach, CA.
Philippe Capron	Mr. Philippe Gaston Henri Capron is Director of Activision Blizzard Inc. He has served as the chief financial officer and as a member of the management board of Vivendi, a global communications and entertainment company, since April 2007. He joined Vivendi as an executive vice president in January 2007. From 2006 until 2007, Mr. Capron served as the executive vice president of finance and as a member of the management board of the Arcelor Group, a steel manufacturer (now part of Arcelor Mittal), and, from 2002 until 2006, Mr. Capron was an executive vice president of Arcelor. Mr. Capron is a member of the supervisory boards of each of Canal+ Group, a film and television studio and distributor controlled by Vivendi, Canal+ France, a French premium subscription-based television channel controlled by Vivendi, Maroc Telecom, a Moroccan telecommunications provider and a subsidiary of Vivendi, and Group Virbac, a French veterinarian pharmaceutical company, and is a director of each of SFR, a French mobile phone company controlled by Vivendi, and GVT Holdings, a Brazilian telecommunications and Internet solutions provider controlled by Vivendi. In addition, he served on the board of directors of NBC Universal, a media and entertainment company in which Vivendi then had a minority investment, from 2008 until January 2011 and of Tinubu Square, a French provider of credit risk management solutions, from June 2001 until November 2011. Mr. Capron is a graduate of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and the École Nationale d’Administration.
Jean-Yves Charlier	Mr. Jean-Yves Charlier is appointed as the Director of Activision Blizzard, Inc. Mr. Charlier has been a Senior Executive Vice President of Vivendi, S.A. (“Vivendi”) since October 1, 2012 and served on Vivendi’s Supervisory Board from April 2008 until September 2012. On July 9, 2008, a business combination (the “Combination”) by and among the Company, Sego Merger Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Vivendi, VGAC LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi (“VGAC”), and Vivendi Games, Inc. (“Vivendi Games”), a wholly owned subsidiary of VGAC, was consummated.
Frederic Crepin	Mr. Frederic Raymond Crepin is Director of Activision Blizzard Inc.,since July 9, 2008 in connection with the Combination. He has served as a senior vice president and as the head of the legal department of Vivendi since August 2005. Mr. Crépin joined Vivendi’s office of the general counsel and legal department in July 2000. Prior to joining Vivendi, Mr. Crépin served as an associate at several law firms in both Paris and New York and is a member of both the Paris and the New York bars. He is a graduate of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, holds an L.L.M. degree from New York University School of Law, a Masters Degree in European business law from the Université Paris II Panthéon Assas and a Masters Degree in employment and labor law from the Université Paris X Nanterre.
Jean-Francois Dubos	Mr. Jean-Francois Dubos is appointed as the Director of Activision Blizzard, Inc. Mr. Dubos has been the Chairman of the Management Board of Vivendi, S.A. (“Vivendi”) since June 28, 2012 and previously was Executive Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Management and Supervisory Boards of Vivendi. On July 9, 2008, a business combination (the “Combination”) by and among the Company, Sego Merger Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Vivendi, VGAC LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi (“VGAC”), and Vivendi Games, Inc. (“Vivendi Games”), a wholly owned subsidiary of VGAC, was consummated.
Lucian Grainge	Mr. Lucian Grainge is a Director of Activision Blizzard, Inc. He has served on Vivendi’s management board since April 2010. Mr. Grainge is currently the chairman and chief executive officer of Universal Music Group, a music company that is comprised of recorded music and music publishing businesses and is a subsidiary of Vivendi, positions he has held since March 2011 and January 2011, respectively. Prior to that, Mr. Grainge held positions of increasing responsibility within the Universal Music Group organization, including serving as the chairman and chief executive officer of Universal Music UK from 2001 until 2005 and as the chairman and chief executive officer of Universal Music Group International from 2005 until February 2010.
Regis Turrini	Mr. Regis Jean Marie Turrini is Director of Activision Blizzard Inc., since June 2009. He has served as the senior executive vice president of strategy and development of Vivendi since January 2008 and as the chairman of Wengo, a French voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) service provider and a subsidiary of Vivendi, since March 2009. He also served as the executive vice president of mergers and acquisitions of Vivendi from January 2003 until January 2008, and as the chairman and the chief executive officer of Vivendi Telecom International, an international telecommunications provider and a subsidiary of Vivendi, from January 2008 until December 2012. In addition, Mr. Turrini currently serves as a member of the supervisory board of each of Maroc Telecom and Canal+ France, and is a director of GVT Holdings. Prior to joining Vivendi, Mr. Turrini served as a judge in the French administrative judicial system, was an associate at two law firms in Paris and was a managing partner of the investment bank Arjil & Company. He is a member of the Paris bar. He has degrees from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and the École Nationale d’Administration.
Robert Corti	Mr. Robert J. Corti is an Independent Director of Activision Blizzard Inc. Mr. Corti has more than 25 years of experience at Avon Products, a global manufacturer and marketer of beauty and related products. Mr. Corti joined Avon Products’ tax department as a tax associate in 1976 and held positions of increasing responsibility in the company’s finance department throughout his tenure there, including serving as an executive vice president and the chief financial officer of Avon Products from 1998 until he retired from the chief financial officer role in November 2005 and as an executive vice president in March 2006. Mr. Corti has served on the board of directors of Bacardi Limited, a wine and spirits group, since June 2006. Mr. Corti also serves as the chairman of the board of directors of the Avon Products Foundation and has been a senior vice president of Teach for America since July 2011. In addition, he was a director of ING Direct, then a U.S. subsidiary of the Dutch insurance conglomerate, the ING Groep, from January 2008 until January 2012. Mr. Corti holds a B.A. degree in Accounting from Queens College and an M.B.A. degree in Taxation from St. John’s University. Mr. Corti is also a certified public accountant.
Robert Morgado	Mr. Robert J. Morgado is Independent Director of Activision Blizzard Inc., since February 1997. Mr. Morgado is chairman of Maroley Media Group, a media entertainment investment company he established in 1995. He previously served as the chairman and the chief executive officer of Warner Music Group, a music content company comprised of recorded music and music publishing businesses, from 1985 to 1995. Mr. Morgado serves on the board of directors of the Maui Arts & Cultural Center and the New Milford Hospital in Connecticut. He is also a member of the board of managers of Nest Top, the controlling shareholder of Nest Family and Nest Learning Systems, a children’s entertainment company, and Kaanapali Kai, a real estate investment company. Mr. Morgado holds a B.A. degree in History and Philosophy from Chaminade University of Honolulu and an M.P.A. degree from The State University of New York.
Richard Sarnoff	Mr. Richard Sarnoff is an Independent Director of Activision Blizzard Inc., since August 2005. He has served as a senior advisor to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a private equity firm, since January 2011. Previously, he was employed by Bertelsmann AG, a diversified media and services company, where he served as the co-chairman of Bertelsmann, Inc. and the president of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments from 2008 until January 2011. Prior to those roles, Mr. Sarnoff served as an executive vice president and the chief financial officer of Random House, Inc., a general trade book publisher and a subsidiary of Bertelsmann. Mr. Sarnoff also served as a member of the supervisory board of Bertelsmann AG from 2002 to 2008 and was a director of the Princeton Review, an educational preparation company, from 2000 to 2009, a director of Audible, Inc., a provider of spoken audio entertainment, information and educational programming, from 2001 to 2008, and a director of Amdocs, Inc., a provider of software and services to the telecommunications industry, from 2009 to 2011. During the period from 2005 to 2009, he was also the vice-chairman and, then, the chairman of the board of the American Association of Publishers. Mr. Sarnoff currently serves on the board of directors of Ipreo Holdings, LLC, an information services company owned by KKR, BMG Rights Management, LLC, a music rights management company and joint venture between KKR and Bertelsmann, and Weld North, LLC, an investment affiliate of KKR. Mr. Sarnoff holds a B.A. degree in Art History from Princeton University and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Brian Kelly	10,161,500
Robert Kotick	8,328,640
Dennis Durkin	--
Eric Hirshberg	1,643,970
Michael Morhaime	7,458,160
Thomas Tippl	5,087,290
Brian Hodous	2,417,820
Humam Sakhnini	--
Christopher Walther	3,009,130
Ann Weiser	2,133,560
Philippe Capron	--
Jean-Yves Charlier	--
Frederic Crepin	--
Jean-Francois Dubos	--
Lucian Grainge	--
Regis Turrini	--
Robert Corti	--
Robert Morgado	--
Richard Sarnoff	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Brian Kelly	8,913,546	90,164,220
Robert Kotick	8,972,082	89,378,550
Dennis Durkin	0	0
Eric Hirshberg	0	0
Michael Morhaime	0	0
Thomas Tippl	688,888	6,602,550
Brian Hodous	0	0
Humam Sakhnini	0	0
Christopher Walther	0	0
Ann Weiser	0	0
Philippe Capron	0	0
Jean-Yves Charlier	0	0
Frederic Crepin	0	0
Jean-Francois Dubos	0	0
Lucian Grainge	0	0
Regis Turrini	0	0
Robert Corti	0	0
Robert Morgado	0	0
Richard Sarnoff	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
CORTI ROBERT J	22,000	$0.00
SARNOFF RICHARD	11,000	$0.00
MORGADO ROBERT J	11,000	$0.00
KELLY BRIAN G	9,872	$14.43
KELLY BRIAN G	9,872	$14.74
KOTICK ROBERT A	17,175	$14.82
KOTICK ROBERT A	17,175	$14.82
KELLY BRIAN G	9,873	$14.44
KELLY BRIAN G	232,435	$14.57
KOTICK ROBERT A	34,350	$14.57
HODOUS BRIAN	28,700	$14.57
KOTICK ROBERT A	808,766	$14.57
SAKHNINI HUMAM	11,918	$14.57
SAKHNINI HUMAM	9,396	$14.57
KOTICK ROBERT A	250,000	$0.00
KELLY BRIAN G	197,449	$14.65
HODOUS BRIAN	15,850	$14.65
DURKIN DENNIS M	42,853	$15.03
TIPPL THOMAS	15,654	$14.37
TIPPL THOMAS	29,352	$14.37
TIPPL THOMAS	35,466	$14.37
KOTICK ROBERT A	2,500,000	$0.00
MORHAIME MICHAEL	35,546	$0.00
MORHAIME MICHAEL	31,121	$10.62
MORHAIME MICHAEL	35,546	$0.00

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