“Sometimes you stumble when you push yourself harder and you're trying to run faster or whatever. We forgive ourselves, pick ourselves up, and keep running. We don't cry and stop running because we skinned our knee.”

American businessman

Randy Pitchford is an American businessman best known for co-founding Gearbox Software in 1999. He led the company as president and chief executive until 2021, then became president and CEO of its parent company, The Gearbox Entertainment Company. He has been closely associated with the business side of Gearbox for decades, guiding its growth through a long period in the video game industry. After Take-Two Interactive acquired Gearbox Entertainment in 2024, he remained president. The available record here points to his role as an executive rather than to a public body of published writing.