People: Electronic Arts Inc (EA.O)
EA.O on Nasdaq
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24 May 2013
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24 May 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Lawrence Probst |
62 | 2013 | Executive Chairman of the Board |
Blake Jorgensen |
52 | 2012 | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President |
Kenneth Barker |
45 | 2012 | Interim Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer |
Frank Gibeau |
43 | 2011 | President - EA Labels |
Peter Moore |
57 | 2012 | Chief Operating Officer |
Joel Linzner |
60 | 2005 | Executive Vice President - Business and Legal Affairs |
Kristian Segerstrale |
34 | 2012 | Executive Vice President - Digital |
Nancy Smith |
59 | 2010 | Executive Vice President - Global Publishing |
Patrick Soderlund |
38 | 2011 | Executive Vice President - EA Games Label |
Gabrielle Toledano |
45 | 2011 | Executive Vice President, Chief Talent Officer |
Andrew Wilson |
37 | 2011 | Executive Vice President - EA SPORTS |
Stephen Bene |
48 | 2004 | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary |
Rajat Taneja |
47 | 2011 | Chief Technology Officer |
Richard Simonson |
53 | 2009 | Lead Independent Director |
Leonard Coleman |
64 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Jay Hoag |
54 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Jeffrey Huber |
44 | 2009 | Independent Director |
Gregory Maffei |
53 | 2003 | Independent Director |
Vivek Paul |
53 | 2005 | Independent Director |
Luis Ubinas |
49 | 2010 | Independent Director |
Denise Warren |
2013 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Lawrence Probst |
Mr. Lawrence F. Probst, III, is Executive Chairman of the Board of Electronic Arts, Inc. He was employed by EA from 1984 to September 2008. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since July 1994 and, from May 1991 until April 2007, also served as Chief Executive Officer. Previously Mr. Probst served as President from 1991 until 1998. Mr. Probst serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Mr. Probst holds a B.S. degree from the University of Delaware. |
Blake Jorgensen |
Mr. Blake Jorgensen is appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Electronic Arts Inc. He has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Levi Strauss & Co. since July 2009. Prior to joining Levi Strauss & Co., Mr. Jorgensen was Chief Financial Officer of Yahoo! Inc., from June 2007 to June 2009. Prior to joining Yahoo! Inc., Mr. Jorgensen was the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Director of Investment Banking at Thomas Weisel Partners, which he co-founded in 1998. |
Kenneth Barker |
Mr. Kenneth A. Barker is Interim Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer of Electronic Arts Inc. He has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer from February 2012 and as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer since April 2006. From June 2003 to April 2006, Mr. Barker held the position of Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Electronic Arts, Mr. Barker was employed at Sun Microsystems, Inc., as Vice President and Corporate Controller from October 2002 to June 2003 and Assistant Corporate Controller from April 2000 to September 2002. Prior to that, he was an audit partner at Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Barker graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. degree in Accounting. |
Frank Gibeau |
Mr. Frank D. Gibeau is President - EA Labels of Electronic Arts, Inc., since August 8, 2011. Prior to that time, he served as President, EA Games Label from June 2007. From September 2005 until June 2007, he was Executive Vice President, General Manager, North America Publishing. Mr. Gibeau has held various positions since joining the company in 1991. Mr. Gibeau holds a B.S. degree from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University. |
Peter Moore |
Mr. Peter Robert Moore is Chief Operating Officer of Electronic Arts, Inc. Prior to that time, he served as President, EA SPORTS, from September 2007. From January 2003 until he joined Electronic Arts, Mr. Moore was with Microsoft where he served as head of Xbox marketing and was later named as Corporate Vice President, Interactive Entertainment Business, Entertainment and Devices Division, a position in which he led both the Xbox and Games for Windows businesses. Mr. Moore holds a bachelor’s degree from Keele University, United Kingdom, and a Master’s degree from California State University, Long Beach. |
Joel Linzner |
Mr. Joel Linzner is Executive Vice President - Business and Legal Affairs of Electronic Arts Inc., since March 2005. Prior to joining Electronic Arts in July 1999, Mr. Linzner served as outside litigation counsel to Electronic Arts and several other companies in the video game industry. Mr. Linzner earned his J.D. from Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, after graduating from Brandeis University. He is a member of the Bar of the State of California and is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and several United States District Courts. |
Kristian Segerstrale |
Mr. Kristian Segerstrale is Executive Vice President - Digital of Electronic Arts Inc., since January 2012. Prior to his current role, Mr. Segerstråle was Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Playfish Limited from 2007 until November 2009 when the company was acquired by Electronic Arts. Thereafter, Mr. Segerstråle took the role of General Manager of Electronic Arts’ Playfish business unit. Mr. Segerstråle served on the board of LOVEFiLM, a European digital film subscription service until its acquisition by Amazon in 2011. Mr. Segerstråle holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Cambridge University and a M.A. degree in Economics from The London School of Economics. |
Nancy Smith |
Ms. Nancy L. Smith is Executive Vice President - Global Publishing of Electronic Arts, Inc., since February 2010. From November 2008 until February 2010, Ms. Smith served Electronic Arts in a variety of capacities. From September 2005 until November 2008, she led The Sims Label, first as Executive Vice President and General Manager of The Sims Franchise, and then as President of The Sims Label. Ms. Smith has held various positions since joining the company in 1984. Ms. Smith holds a B.S. degree in management and organizational behavior from the University of San Francisco. |
Patrick Soderlund |
Mr. Patrick Soderlund is Executive Vice President - EA Games Label of Electronic Arts Inc., since August 2011. From December 2010 to July 2011 he served as Executive Vice President, Group General Manager – FPS/Driving. Prior to that Mr. Söderlund held the position of Senior Vice President, EA Games Europe from September 2007 to December 2010 and the Chief Executive Officer of DICE until September 2007. Mr. Söderlund joined DICE in 2000. The studio was sold to Electronic Arts in October 2006. |
Gabrielle Toledano |
Ms. Gabrielle Toledano is Executive Vice President, Chief Talent Officer of Electronic Arts Inc., since October 2011. From April 2007 until October 2011, Ms. Toledano served as Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Facilities. From February 2006 until March 2007, Ms. Toledano held the position of Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Facilities. Ms. Toledano serves on the Board of Directors of the Society for Human Resource Management and Big City Mountaineers. Ms. Toledano earned both her undergraduate degree in Humanities and her graduate degree in Education from Stanford University. |
Andrew Wilson |
Mr. Andrew Wilson is Executive Vice President - EA SPORTS of Electronic Arts Inc., since August 2011. From March 2010 to August 2011, he served as Senior Vice President, EA SPORTS. Prior to that, Mr. Wilson held the position of Senior Vice President Global Online from September 2009 to March 2010 and Vice President, EA SPORTS from June 2008 to September 2009. Mr. Wilson has held various positions within the company since joining the Electronic Arts in May 2000. |
Stephen Bene |
Mr. Stephen G. Bene is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Electronic Arts Inc. Mr. Bené joined EA in March 1995. Mr. Bené earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School, and received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University. Mr. Bené is a member of the Bar of the State of California. |
Rajat Taneja |
Mr. Rajat Taneja is Chief Technology Officer of Electronic Arts Inc., since October 2011. Prior to joining Electronic Arts, Mr. Taneja spent 15 years with Microsoft Corporation where he most recently served as Vice President, Commerce Division in 2011 and General Manager and Corporate Vice President, Online Services Division from 2007 to 2011. Mr. Taneja earned his M.B.A. from Washington State University and his Electrical Engineering degree from Jadavpur University. |
Richard Simonson |
Mr. Richard A. Simonson is Lead Independent Director of Electronic Arts, Inc. He is Lead Director since 2009. He has served as President, Business Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Rearden Commerce from April 2011 through May 2012. From 2001 to 2010, Mr. Simonson held a number of executive positions at Nokia Corporation, including Executive Vice President, Head of Mobile Phones and Sourcing, Chief Financial Officer, and Vice President & Head of Customer Finance of Nokia. In 2001, Mr. Simonson was Managing Director of the Telecom & Media Investment Banking Group of Barclays Capital. Prior to joining Barclays Capital, Mr. Simonson spent 16 years at Bank of America Securities where he held various positions, including Managing Director & Head of Global Project Finance, Global Corporate & Investment Bank, San Francisco and Chicago. Mr. Simonson is also a director of Silver Spring Networks. Mr. Simonson holds a B.S. degree from the Colorado School of Mines and an M.B.A. from Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. |
Leonard Coleman |
Mr. Leonard S. Coleman, Jr., is Independent Director of Electronic Arts, Inc. He served as Senior Advisor to League Baseball from 1999 until 2005 and, from 2001 to 2002, was the Chairman of ARENACO, a subsidiary of Yankees/Nets. Mr. Coleman was President of The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs from 1994 to 1999, having previously served since 1992 as Executive Director, Market Development of League Baseball. Mr. Coleman currently serves on the Board of Directors of the following public companies: Avis Budget Group, Churchill Downs Inc., H.J. Heinz Corporation and Omnicom Group Inc. Mr. Coleman also served as a director of Cendant Corporation and Aramark Corporation during the last five years. |
Jay Hoag |
Mr. Jay C. Hoag serves as Independent Director of Electronic Arts Inc., since September 6, 2011. Mr. Hoag co-founded Technology Crossover Ventures, a provider of growth capital to technology companies, in 1995 and serves as its Founding General Partner. Prior to co-founding Technology Crossover Ventures, Mr. Hoag was a Managing Director at Chancellor Capital Management, where he spent more than 12 years as a technology-focused venture capitalist and fund manager. Mr. Hoag serves on the Board of Directors of Netflix, Inc., TechTarget, Inc. and Zillow Inc. and also serves on the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University and Menlo School, and on the Investment Advisory Board of the University of Michigan. Mr. Hoag also served as a director of The Street, Inc. during the past five years. Mr. Hoag holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. |
Jeffrey Huber |
Mr. Jeffrey T. Huber is Independent Director of Electronic Arts, Inc. He is Senior Vice President at Google Inc., where he has worked since 2003. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Huber served as Vice President of Architecture and Systems Development at eBay Inc. Prior to joining eBay, Mr. Huber was Senior Vice President of Engineering at Excite@Home, where he worked from 1996 to 2001. Earlier in his career, he was a Technology Consultant with McKinsey & Company and founded a software development start-up. Mr. Huber holds a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Masters degree from Harvard University. |
Gregory Maffei |
Mr. Gregory B. Maffei is no lognger Independent Director of Electronic Arts, Inc., effective July 31, 2013. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Interactive Corporation, which owns interests in video and digital commerce businesses, since February 2006. He was CEO-Elect of Liberty Interactive from November 2005 through February 2006. Mr. Maffei has also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Media Corporation since May 2007. Liberty Media Corporation owns media, communications and entertainment businesses. Before joining Liberty Interactive Corporation, Mr. Maffei served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation in 2005, and served as Chief Executive Officer of 360networks Corporation, a broadband telecom service provider, from 2000 until June 2005. Mr. Maffei was the Chief Financial Officer for Microsoft Corporation from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Maffei currently serves on the Board of Directors of Liberty Interactive Corporation, Liberty Media Corporation, Barnes & Noble, Inc., Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., Sirius XM Radio Inc., and Zillow, Inc. Mr. Maffei served as a director of DIRECTV and its predecessor, from February 2008 to June 2010. Mr. Maffei received an A.B. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar. |
Vivek Paul |
Mr. Vivek Paul is Independent Director of Electronic Arts, Inc. He is the founder of Akansa Capital, an investment firm. Mr. Paul was a partner at TPG (formerly Texas Pacific Group) from October 2005 to August 2008. From July 1999 to September 2005, Mr. Paul served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wipro, Ltd., a provider of integrated business, technology and process solutions, and Chief Executive Officer of Wipro Technologies, Wipro’s global information technology, product engineering, and business process services segments. From January 1996 to July 1999, Mr. Paul was General Manager of Global CT Business at General Electric, Medical Systems Division. From March 1993 to December 1995, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wipro GE Medical Systems Limited. Mr. Paul holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, and an M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. |
Luis Ubinas |
Mr. Luis A. Ubinas is an Independent Director of Electronic Arts Inc. Mr. Ubinas has served as President of the Ford Foundation since January 2008. Prior to joining the Ford Foundation, Mr. Ubinas spent 18 years with McKinsey & Company, where he held various positions, including Managing Director of the firm’s west coast media practice working with technology, telecommunications and media companies. Mr. Ubinas serves on the World Bank Advisory Council of Global Foundation Leaders, the UN Permanent Advisory Memorial Committee, the U.S. Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation and the board of the New York Public Library. He holds a B.A. degree from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
Denise Warren |
Ms. Denise F. Warren has been appointed as Independent Director of Electronic Arts Inc. She is Executive Vice President of the Digital Products and Services Group of The New York Times Company. Ms. Warren is the executive vice president of the Digital Products and Services Group at The New York Times Company, overseeing operations for digital content and subscriptions. Previously, Ms. Warren served as general manager and chief advertising officer of the New York Times Media Group, where she managed operations for NYTimes.com and related digital and mobile products. Ms. Warren holds a B.S. and management degree from Tulane University and an M.B.A. degree in communications and media management from Fordham University. She lives with her family in Long Island. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Lawrence Probst |
5,666,850 |
Blake Jorgensen |
-- |
Kenneth Barker |
2,347,720 |
Frank Gibeau |
9,797,360 |
Peter Moore |
6,949,790 |
Joel Linzner |
-- |
Kristian Segerstrale |
-- |
Nancy Smith |
760,820 |
Patrick Soderlund |
-- |
Gabrielle Toledano |
-- |
Andrew Wilson |
-- |
Stephen Bene |
-- |
Rajat Taneja |
7,658,960 |
Richard Simonson |
-- |
Leonard Coleman |
-- |
Jay Hoag |
-- |
Jeffrey Huber |
-- |
Gregory Maffei |
-- |
Vivek Paul |
4,102,460 |
Luis Ubinas |
-- |
Denise Warren |
-- |
As Of 30 Mar 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Lawrence Probst |
4,505,600 | 136,802,050 |
Blake Jorgensen |
0 | 0 |
Kenneth Barker |
0 | 0 |
Frank Gibeau |
0 | 0 |
Peter Moore |
0 | 0 |
Joel Linzner |
0 | 0 |
Kristian Segerstrale |
0 | 0 |
Nancy Smith |
546,761 | 9,536,150 |
Patrick Soderlund |
0 | 0 |
Gabrielle Toledano |
0 | 0 |
Andrew Wilson |
0 | 0 |
Stephen Bene |
0 | 0 |
Rajat Taneja |
0 | 0 |
Richard Simonson |
0 | 0 |
Leonard Coleman |
0 | 0 |
Jay Hoag |
0 | 0 |
Jeffrey Huber |
0 | 0 |
Gregory Maffei |
0 | 0 |
Vivek Paul |
0 | 0 |
Luis Ubinas |
0 | 0 |
Denise Warren |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
TOLEDANO GABRIELLE B |
10,000 | $22.70 |
TOLEDANO GABRIELLE B |
9,141 | $22.65 |
TOLEDANO GABRIELLE B |
10,000 | $22.70 |
TOLEDANO GABRIELLE B |
9,141 | $22.65 |
LINZNER JOEL |
10,000 | $16.06 |
LINZNER JOEL |
10,000 | $22.12 |
BENE STEPHEN G |
25,000 | $22.40 |
BENE STEPHEN G |
25,000 | $16.06 |
WILSON ANDREW |
32,085 | $21.42 |
HUBER JEFFREY T |
625 | $0.00 |
PAUL VIVEK |
914 | $17.30 |
HOAG JAY C |
1,033 | $17.30 |
HUBER JEFFREY T |
954 | $17.30 |
SIMONSON RICHARD A |
1,351 | $17.30 |
BENE STEPHEN G |
1,659 | $17.75 |
SODERLUND PATRICK |
24,167 | $17.98 |
SEGERSTRALE KRISTIAN |
14,981 | $0.00 |
SODERLUND PATRICK |
50,000 | $17.76 |
MOORE PETER R |
5,000 | $17.65 |
SODERLUND PATRICK |
50,000 | $0.00 |
TOLEDANO GABRIELLE B |
50,000 | $0.00 |
TOLEDANO GABRIELLE B |
18,925 | $16.97 |
GIBEAU FRANK D |
30,595 | $16.97 |
BARKER KENNETH A |
7,688 | $16.97 |
WILSON ANDREW |
18,930 | $16.97 |

