Robert K. Garriott (born December 7, 1956
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. He co-founded

Origin Systems Origin Systems, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas. It was founded on March 3, 1983, by Richard Garriott and his brother Robert. Origin is best known for their groundbreaking work in multiple genres of video games ...

and

Destination Games Destination Games was an American computer game development company created in April 2000 by Richard Garriott, Robert Garriott and Starr Long, following their departure from Origin Systems. ("Destination" is a play on "Origin", the company th ...

with his brother,

Richard Garriott Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux ('' né'' Garriott; born July 4, 1961) is an American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut. Although both his parents were American, he maintains dual British and American citizenship by birth ...

, and was the CEO of NCsoft-North America until 2008. He is the second-eldest son of

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astronaut Owen K. Garriott. Garriott graduated from the

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in 1983 with a

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in Management and also earned degrees in Electrical Engineering from

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranked among the top universit ...

, and a

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in Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford University. In 1983 he co-founded

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with his younger brother Richard "Lord British" Garriott. He was a vice president and later an executive vice president at

Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and promoted th ...

(EA) after the company acquired Origin in 1992. Garriott left EA in 1995 and co-founded

in 2000. Destination was bought by NCsoft in 2001 and he became president and CEO of NCsoft-North America.D.I.C.E. Summit 2007 Key Speakers: Robert Garriott
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