Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 8, 1999
BRIAN FARGO is Chairman and CEO of Interplay Entertainment Corp., one of
the most influential electronic game software companies in this decade's
fastest-growing industry. By 1983, at the age of 21, Mr. Fargo already
had two software companies behind him when he founded his third and most
successful venture, Interplay Productions. He broke ground with
Interplay by taking a studio approach to product development, bringing
together a mix of creative professionals to produce software programs as
a cohesive unit. In a whirl of activity beginning in 1994, Mr. Fargo
expanded his company with the acquisition Shiny Entertainment. Interplay
Productions transitioned into Interplay Entertainment Corp. in 1998, as
Fargo brought his company public trading on NASDAQ under the symbol
IPLY. Profile
Interplay, just to kind of set the stage for the readers?
Mr. Fargo: Interplay Entertainment was founded in 1983, so
