Robert Kotick became CEO of Activision in 1991 after purchasing a company stake the previous year.
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33 Facts About Robert Kotick
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Robert Kotick engineered a merger between Activision and Vivendi Games during the late 2000s, which led to the creation of Activision Blizzard in 2008 and him being named the company's inaugural CEO.
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In junior high school, Robert Kotick had his own business cards, and in high school, he ran a business renting out Manhattan clubs on off nights.
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Robert Kotick studied art history at the University of Michigan in the early 1980s.
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Robert Kotick met with Kotick and Marks in Ann Arbor and advised them to drop out of college to focus on the software business.
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Robert Kotick took the advice and left the University of Michigan to focus all of his time on his company.
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Robert Kotick planned to remove the keyboard and disk drive from the Amiga 500 and turn it into a video game system.
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Robert Kotick was unsuccessful in persuading Commodore's then-Chairman Irving Gould to sell control of the company.
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Robert Kotick subsequently purchased a controlling stake in Leisure Concepts, Nintendo's licensing agent, which was renamed 4Kids Entertainment.
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Robert Kotick changed the name back to Activision, performed a full restructuring of the company, and refocused the company on video games.
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Robert Kotick served as a founder of International Consumer Technologies and was president from 1986 to January 1995.
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In November 2006, Robert Kotick started discussing a merger with the games division of Vivendi, a French entertainment conglomerate, which included Blizzard Entertainment and Sierra Entertainment.
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Robert Kotick engineered the Activision Blizzard merger, which created a new company, Activision Blizzard.
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Robert Kotick said he aimed to build on Blizzard's successes in the Asian market to introduce Activision's games there.
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Robert Kotick has used Activision Blizzard's industry position to push partners for changes that he maintains would benefit the gaming community.
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In July 2009, Robert Kotick threatened to stop making games for the PlayStation 3 platform if Sony did not cut the price of the console.
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Robert Kotick urged the British government to reward Activision for continuing to invest in the country's pool of game developers by providing Activision with the same kinds of tax incentives provided by Canada, Singapore, and eastern bloc countries.
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In October 2016, Robert Kotick announced the creation of Activision Blizzard's Overwatch League.
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Robert Kotick stated that the company would begin a series of reforms, including an internal investigation of the reports and adapting a zero tolerance policy related to workplace misconduct.
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Robert Kotick stated he would have the board reduce his salary to the minimum allowed by California law and forgo other benefits until the situation was resolved.
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Further, the report asserted that Robert Kotick himself had threatened to kill an assistant on their voice mail.
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Robert Kotick is a non-executive director for The Coca-Cola Company and a board member at the Center for Early Education and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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In October 2009, Robert Kotick co-founded the Call of Duty Endowment, a non-profit benefit corporation, after speaking with former Veteran's Administration Secretary Jim Nicholson about how best to serve veterans.
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Robert Kotick was the 21st most highly compensated CEO in the United States that year.
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Robert Kotick is working under a deal inked in November 2016 with Activision Blizzard under which he earns bonuses if Activision Blizzard meets certain financial targets related to mergers and acquisitions.
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Robert Kotick was expected to receive a bonus at $200 million, which has been reduced to a bonus package of $155 million following criticism.
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Some statements Robert Kotick has made about his business strategy have led to controversy.
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Robert Kotick has focused on developing intellectual property which can be, in his words, "exploited" over a long period, to the exclusion of new titles which cannot guarantee sequels.
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Robert Kotick identifies as a libertarian and donated to the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 2007 and 2008.
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Robert Kotick endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the 2016 U S presidential election.
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In 2011, Robert Kotick had a cameo appearance in the film Moneyball as Oakland Athletics co-owner Stephen Schott.
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