{"id":47660,"date":"2012-11-20T16:41:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T14:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=47660"},"modified":"2012-11-20T16:44:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T14:44:24","slug":"blizzard-boss-named-tech-entrepreneur-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/47660-blizzard-boss-named-tech-entrepreneur-of-the-year","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard boss named tech &#8220;Entrepreneur of the Year&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever your opinion about Diablo III, there&#8217;s simply no denying Blizzard&#8217;s tremendous successes in the gaming industry, and accordingly enough, CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime has just been awarded the prestigious <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ey.com\/US\/en\/Newsroom\/News-releases\/News_National-EOY-2012-Technology-Category-Award-Winner\" target=\"_blank\">Ersnt &amp; Young\u2019s National Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012: Technology Award<\/a> for his ongoing work at the company.<\/p>\n<p>According to the official press stuff, Morhaime was recognised for his &#8220;commitment to a high standard of quality that has propelled Blizzard Entertainment to the pinnacle of the gaming industry and positioned the company as an internationally recognised leader in interactive entertainment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo use his words, Morhaime has unleashed his \u2018inner geek,\u2019 creating a cultural phenomenon that is unparalleled in the gaming industry,\u201d said Ernst &amp; Young&#8217;s Bryan Pearce. \u201cMorhaime brings a commitment to quality to his consumers and an inclusive work environment to his company, both of which have contributed to the immense success of Blizzard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard Entertainment opened in California in 1991 as Silicon &amp; Synapse, founded by former UCLA classmates Mike Morhaime, Allan Adham, and Frank Peace, with a $15,000 investment cheque signed by Morhaime&#8217;s granny. Twenty years later, the company has expanded to Asia, Europe, and Latin America, and has an employee count of over 4000. <em>Not bad<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, now you can bitch about Diablo III.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vg247.com\/2012\/11\/20\/blizzard-ceo-mike-morhaime-named-tech-entrepreneur-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">VG247<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/47305-starcraft-2-heart-of-the-swarm-release-date-revealed.html\">Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm release date revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/47104-diablo-3-expansion-coming.html\">Diablo 3 expansion coming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/46583-starcraft-ii-is-dying-no-way-says-blizzard.html\">StarCraft II is dying? No way, says Blizzard<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/46369-diablo-made-its-way-to-space.html\">Diablo made its way to space<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/45868-blizzard-was-developing-diablo-for-gameboy-color.html\">Blizzard was developing Diablo for Gameboy Color<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Morhaime awarded for creating a &#8220;a cultural phenomenon that is unparalleled in the gaming industry&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":47662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[665,2415,2544],"class_list":["post-47660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-blizzard","tag-blizzard-entertainment","tag-mike-morhaime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47663,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47660\/revisions\/47663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}