Gilman Louie
American video game designer and venture capitalist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gilman Louie (born 1960) is an American technology venture capitalist who got his start as a video game designer and then co-founded and ran the CIA venture capital fund In-Q-Tel.[1] With his company Nexa Corporation he designed and developed multiple computer games such as the F-16 Fighting Falcon flight simulator series. His company later merged with Spectrum Holobyte where he was CEO until its acquisition by Hasbro, after which he became Chief Creative Officer and General Manager of its Games.com group. He has served on a number of boards of directors, including Wizards of the Coast, Niantic, Total Entertainment Network, FASA Interactive, Wickr, Aerospike, the Chinese American International School, Markle Foundation, and Digital Promise. He is chairman of the Federation of American Scientists and Vricon.[2][3]
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| Born | 1960 (age 62–63) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Education | San Francisco State University (BSBA) |
| Occupation(s) | Venture capitalist, former video game designer |
| Known for | CEO of Spectrum Holobyte, co-founder and CEO of In-Q-Tel |