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The list was compiled by Variety and also includes Shuntaro Furukawa, Sam Lake, Andrew Wilson and other notable figures
Variety compiled a list of the most influential people in the gaming industry, simply listing the heads of major studios and publishing houses, which also included Sven Vincke and Sam Lake.
- David Bazuki, founder of Roblox Corp.
- Sarah Bond, President of Xbox
- Doug Bowser, President of Nintendo of America
- William Ding, Founder of NetEase
- Neil Druckmann, co-head of Naughty Dog
- Joanna Faris, general manager of Call of Duty
- Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Development Manager of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Shuntaro Furukawa, President of Nintendo
- Ive Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft
- David Haddad, President of Warner Bros. Games
- Todd Howard, producer Bethesda Game Studio
- Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios
- Sam Lake, creative director at Remedy
- Gabe Newell, founder of Valve
- Mark Wren, President, Tencent
- Jim Ryan, CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Phil Spencer, CEO, Microsoft Gaming
- Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games
- Haruhiro Tsujimoto, President of Capcom
- Nao Udagawa, CEO of Bandai Namco Entertainmant
- Sven Vincke, founder of Larian Studios
- Andrew Wilson, CEO, Electronic Arts
- Strauss Zelnick, CEO, Take-Two Interactive
- Alexandre de Rochefort, CEO Gameloft
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