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| Occupation | Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers |
William "Bing" Gordon is a tenured executive in the video game industry. He served ten years as CEO of video game publisher and developer Electronic Arts (EA) prior to his current partnership with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KCPB). He was a founding director of Audible.com and is currently a board member of Amazon, Ngmoco, and Zynga.[1]
Gordon graduated from Cranbrook School in 1968. He studied drama and literature and earned a BA from Yale University. After a stint waiting tables at Max's Kansas City and acting off-Broadway in New York City, he turned down an offer from NYU's drama department and moved to the Bay Area where he received an MBA from Stanford in 1978.[1]
After working as an account executive at an advertising firm, Ogilvy and Mather, Gordon was one of the earliest EA employees, starting off in 1982 working as the marketing department. In 2005, he took a faculty chair position at the University of Southern California's Interactive Media Division after EA invested in the fledgling program. On April 28, 2008 Gordon announced plans to leave EA to join the venture capital KCPB starting June 2008.
Gordon stands nearly 6'3" tall and enjoys skiing and mountain biking. He is married and the father of two daughters, Chloe and Allegra. In a recent presentation given to students of gaming-related courses from various UK universities at the London Science Museum, he revealed that his favorite computer game is World of Warcraft.
References
- ^ a b "Team Member Bing Gordon". Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. http://www.kpcb.com/team/gordon. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
External links
- MobyGames' Rap Sheet on Bing Gordon
- "He's Got Games", a Bing Gordon profile from The Washington Post
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