Founder Profile
Larry Kaplan
Last reviewed: September 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Larry Kaplan?
Larry Kaplan is a founder of Activision Blizzard, Inc., which was founded in 2008 with Jim Levy, David Crane, Alan Miller, Bob Whitehead, Allen Adham, Michael Morhaime and Frank Pearce.
- Company founded
- Activision Blizzard, Inc.
- Founded
- 2008
- Co-founders
- Jim Levy, David Crane, Alan Miller, Bob Whitehead, Allen Adham, Michael Morhaime and Frank Pearce
Background
Former Atari programmer and early game developer.
Founding Story
Born in 1949, Kaplan earned a B.A. in computer science from UC Berkeley. As an early Atari programmer, he helped create several popular games before leaving to co-found Activision in 1979. He designed the hit game Kaboom! for the Atari 2600. He left Activision in 1982 to briefly return to Atari and later worked at other technology companies. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Annual Report (Activision Blizzard, Inc.)
- Financial Data (Activision Blizzard, Inc.)