Kristian Segerstrale

Entrepreneur

Playfish, Glu Mobile

Coolest job in the world.

Kristian is the EVP Digital at Electronic Arts, spearheading the digital transformation of the worlds largest computer games company.

Prior to EA, he was CEO and co-founder of Playfish, one of the largest and fastest growing social games companies, acquired by EA in 2009 for $400M. Kristian was a co-founder of Glu Mobile Europe (Macrospace Ltd) in 2001 and built the company through a successful $350M IPO in 2007. Kristian also served on the board of LOVEFiLM, a leading European digital film subscription service until its acquisition by Amazon in 2011 for $350M.

Kristian holds an MSc from London School of Economics and an BA in Economics from Cambridge University.

If you want to see me on video check out a recent talk on my 5 lessons on entrepreneurship from Slush '12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1UihbUxzLo