Brian Ward

Brian is the founding CEO of Savvy Games Group, the world’s largest esports company and 8th largest global games publisher. Brian has nearly 30 years of studio and operations experience with entertainment giants Electronic Arts, Microsoft, and Activision Blizzard, and as founder and CEO of LottoInteractive. As CEO of Savvy, he has led the deployment of over $12 billion across nine acquisitions and investments in 3.5 years. As Senior Vice President, Worldwide Studios at Activision, he led eleven studio acquisitions and quadrupled revenue to $4 billion over five years, leading all development from portfolio planning and concept design to quality assurance, code release and customer service.

Brian managed strategy, development, operations, and business teams for eight #1 entertainment franchises with lifetime revenues exceeding $45 billion. The 517 games on 37 different platforms, of which Brian has been a part, have amassed over 300 Game of The Year awards and more than 1,400 Editor’s Choice and Outstanding Achievement awards.