Investec Games Podcast - Sir Ian Livingstone, CBE

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In this episode, I am joined Sir Ian Livingstone, one of the founding fathers of the UK games industry.

Ian co-founded Games Workshop in 1975, exiting in 1991 before embarking on a remarkable career in the video games industry. Along the way he has written multiple Games books which have sold over 21 m copies worldwide,

In 1995 he co-led the merger which created video games publisher Eidos plc launching blockbuster titles including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,

He‘s an angel investor and has been an investor in, and executive at a range of huge successes including Golf Clash developers Playdemic Ltd, which achieved unicorn status, and Fall Guys developers Mediatonic. He was Chairman of Sumo Group plc until its sale to Tencent, and is currently a General Partner of venture capital fund HIRO Capital.

Who better, then, to ask about his outlook for the Games sector?
21 Sep 2023 English South Africa Business

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