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Laurent, Nicolo — Riot Games Inc. Nicolo Laurent
Chief Executive
Riot Games Inc.
THE LATEST: West L.A.-based Riot Games, co-founded by USC friends Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, remains best known for the "League of Legends" esports video game and global tournaments. In the past 12 months, Riot has developed new titles such as "League of Legends: Wild Rift" for multiplayer online battle arena games on Android, iOS and consoles as well as "Legends of Runeterra," a digital collectable-card game. It also plans this summer to launch "Valorant," a first-person shooter game that has drawn rave reviews in beta testing.
BACKGROUND: Born and educated in France, with an MBA from the ESSEC Business School, Laurent lived in Seoul, Dublin and Hong Kong before moving to Los Angeles to head up Riot Games in 2017. Prior to that, he spent seven years as the company's vice president of international business, followed by nine months as its president of global publishing.
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