“I've met several times with the Activision guys and we've talked at length about Blizzard's philosophy on game development and game publishing and all the things that are important to us at Blizzard. We found that we shared a lot of the same values.”

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.