“Activision and Blizzard both believe that we're in an expanding market where we can reach more people across multiple platforms, geographies and age groups. Both of our companies are positioned very well to take advantage of those trends to keep lowering the barriers to get more people into gaming.”

American video game developer and entrepreneur

Michael Morhaime is an American video game developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Dreamhaven in Irvine, California. He is also known as the co-founder and former president of Blizzard Entertainment. Blizzard was founded in 1991 as Silicon & Synapse and later became a subsidiary of Vivendi Games, then Activision Blizzard. Morhaime served on the Vivendi Games executive committee from January 1999 until July 2008. His work is closely tied to the growth of major game companies and leadership in the video game industry.