Maya Rogers (born May 1978) is a businesswoman and entrepreneur known for her work in the

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. She is the president and CEO of

The Tetris Company The Tetris Company, Inc. (TTC) is the manager and licensor for the ''Tetris'' brand to third parties. It is an American company based in Nevada and owned by the ''Tetris'' creator Alexey Pajitnov and Henk Rogers. The company is the exclusive lic ...

, the company that manages the licensing and development of the Tetris brand.

Early life and education

Rogers was educated in Japan before moving to the United States with her family. Her father,

Henk Rogers Henk Rogers is a Dutch-born American video game designer and entrepreneur. He is known for producing Japan's first major turn-based role-playing video game '' The Black Onyx'', securing the rights to distribute the Russian puzzle video game ''Tet ...

, was the video game developer who secured the rights to distribute ''

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'' on

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s and began to base his businesses in the U.S. She attended

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in Los Angeles County, California, where she earned a

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in business administration between 1996 and 2000. She also graduated with an

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from the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University between 2007 and 2009.

Career

Prior to joining Tetris, Rogers worked as a logistics analyst at American

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, Inc., and as a localization producer at

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America. She is also a founding partner of Blue Startups, a venture accelerator based in Hawaii. Rogers developed and oversaw the creation of the 2023 motion picture film ''

'' as an executive producer that debuted at

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and covered the life of her father and the company. Kanon Narumi portrayed a young Rogers in the film.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers, Maya 1978 births American women of Asian descent American women film producers American women chief executives Living people Pepperdine University alumni Tetris American video game businesspeople Women in the video game industry