Founder Profile
Michael Morhaime
Last reviewed: September 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Michael Morhaime?
Michael Morhaime is a founder of Activision Blizzard, Inc., which was founded in 2008 with Jim Levy, David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller, Bob Whitehead, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce.
- Company founded
- Activision Blizzard, Inc.
- Founded
- 2008
- Co-founders
- Jim Levy, David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller, Bob Whitehead, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce
Background
UCLA graduate and long-time gaming executive.
Founding Story
Born in 1967, Morhaime earned a bachelor's degree from UCLA. In 1991, he co-founded Silicon & Synapse with Allen Adham and Frank Pearce. He served as the president and CEO of Blizzard Entertainment for over two decades, overseeing the launch of World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Diablo. He stepped down as president in 2018 and co-founded Dreamhaven in 2020.
Education: University of California, Los Angeles.
Morhaime was born on November 3, 1967. He sat on the Vivendi Games executive committee from January 1999, when Blizzard became a Vivendi Games subsidiary, until July 2008. He later founded Dreamhaven, a games company based in Irvine, California, where he is chief executive. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).