Activision Blizzard Names Veteran Google Executive Daniel Alegre as President and Chief Operating Officer
March 11 2020 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) today announced the
appointment of veteran Google executive Daniel Alegre as President
and Chief Operating Officer, effective April 7, 2020. Alegre brings
decades of global experience in entertainment and technology and a
consistent record of driving revenue growth at Google. In his new
role, Alegre will oversee the Activision Publishing, Blizzard
Entertainment, and King Digital Entertainment businesses, reporting
directly to Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick.
“I was deeply impressed by Daniel’s entrepreneurial drive and
broad and deep experience in driving global growth across a variety
of businesses in a rapidly changing industry,” said Bobby Kotick,
Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard. “Our greatest
challenges are prioritizing the many opportunities we have and
recruiting and retaining the talent needed to execute with focus
and excellence. Daniel is a proven leader with a long track record
of success doing both.”
“Activision Blizzard is at an exciting point in its history,”
said Alegre. “In addition to a deep library of owned and
internationally beloved franchises, the company has tremendous
talent that has built a culture committed to inspiration and
creativity. More importantly, through thoughtful and creative
games, it connects and engages over 400 million people around the
world through epic entertainment. I look forward to helping players
around the world connect through quality and immersive games.”
Most recently at Google, Alegre was President of Global Retail
and Shopping, where he led initiatives to embed ecommerce across
all Google product areas and helped diversify beyond advertising
into the retail transactions business. Prior to that, he was
President of the company’s Global and Strategic Partnerships
function, working across all of Google’s core business lines to
create and foster key strategic relationships and revenue
acceleration with partners around the world. Alegre also ran
Google’s Asia Pacific and Japan businesses as President based in
Singapore and Tokyo where he opened the first operations in China,
Southeast Asia and India, and expanded the footprint in Japan,
Australia and Korea. Previously, he opened and ran the Latin
American business for Google as company Vice President.
Prior to joining Google, Alegre, who is originally from Mexico,
worked at Bertelsmann and BMG Music. Alegre received an
undergraduate degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson
School of Public and International Affairs and dual MBA and law
degrees from Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School.
Upon Alegre’s arrival, the company’s current President and COO,
Coddy Johnson, will continue as a Special Advisor to the CEO.
Kotick continued, “During Coddy’s combined twelve years at
Activision Blizzard, he has made extraordinary contributions to the
continued success of the company. He has been a transformative
leader, a trusted advisor, and an inspiration through his
unwavering hard work and determination. We are incredibly thankful
for the lasting impact Coddy has had on the Company and I am
especially grateful for the impact he has had on me
personally.”
About Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard, Inc. connects and engages the world through
epic entertainment. A member of the Fortune 500 and S&P 500,
Activision Blizzard is a leading interactive entertainment company.
We delight hundreds of millions of monthly active users around the
world through franchises including Activision’s Call of Duty®,
Spyro®, and Crash Bandicoot™, Blizzard Entertainment's World of
Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Hearthstone®, Diablo®, StarCraft®, and
Heroes of the Storm®, and King's Candy Crush™, Bubble Witch™, and
Farm Heroes™. The company is one of the Fortune "100 Best Companies
To Work For®." Headquartered in Santa Monica, California,
Activision Blizzard has operations throughout the world. More
information about Activision Blizzard and its products can be found
on the company's website, www.activisionblizzard.com.
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