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Trip Hawkins

トリップ・ホーキンス　/　とりっぷ・ほーきんす

American entrepreneur

December 28, 1953 (age 72)　・　Pasadena, California, United States

California
entrepreneur

My Take

Trip Hawkins is a name I associate with the actual architecture of the modern games industry. Born in Pasadena in 1953 and a Harvard graduate, he founded Electronic Arts, then The 3DO Company, and later Digital Chocolate. What I take from that arc is a founder who kept betting on where games were heading rather than where they'd been; Electronic Arts alone reshaped how studios and publishing worked. The later ventures didn't all land the same way, but I admire someone willing to chase the next platform shift instead of resting on a single success. To me, his real mark is treating game-making as a serious, branded business long before that was obvious.

Overview

William Murray "Trip" Hawkins III (born December 28, 1953) is an American entrepreneur and founder of Electronic Arts, The 3DO Company, and Digital Chocolate.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Trip Hawkins
Name (Japanese): トリップ・ホーキンス
Reading: とりっぷ・ほーきんす
Born: December 28, 1953 (age 72)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Snake
Origin: Pasadena, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: entrepreneur

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: La Jolla High School
University: Harvard University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thetriphawkins/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9

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