Bernie Stolar

Bernard Stolar is an American businessman and was a prominent figure in the video game industry for many years.

Early life and education

Stolar graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.[1]

Career

Stolar was president of Atari and led the Lynx handheld division in the early 1990's.

Stolar was the first executive vice president and founding member of Sony Computer Entertainment America, where he was integral in both the launch and building of the original PlayStation's game catalog. At Sony, Stolar signed many game franchises including Crash Bandicoot, Ridge Racer, Oddworld Inhabitants, Spyro The Dragon and Battle Arena Toshinden. After leaving Sony, he accepted an offer to become president and chief operating officer at Sega of America, where he led the development and launch of the Dreamcast. One of Stolar's top moves was to acquire Visual Concepts for Sega of America and create 2K Sports.[2]

In December 1999, Stolar joined Mattel as president and helped spawn a multi-million unit selling Barbie video game series.[3] In late 2005, Stolar became an advisor and director at Adscape Media. Stolar would later sell Adscape Media to Google for $23 Million USD.[4] Afterwards, Google would hire Stolar as their Games Evangelist.[5] In 2009, Stolar became the chief executive officer of GetFugu.[6] By 2010, Stolar had resigned.[7] In 2014, Stolar became the chairman of ZOOM Platform and the Jordan Freeman Group.[8]

References
  1. Membership Directory, 2010 Pi Lambda Phi Inc.
  2. "Sega of America appoints Shoichiro Irimajiri chairman/chief executive officer". M2PressWIRE. M2 Communications, Ltd. July 16, 1996. (Subscription required.)
  3. Services, Tribune News. "EX-SEGA EXEC TO RUN MATTEL INTERACTIVE". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  4. "Google to Buy Adscape for $23 Million". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  5. Staff, Edit (2009-04-07). "Industry Moves: Google Game Vet Bernie Stolar Heads To GetFugu". Gigaom. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  6. "GetFugu Names Google Game Evangelist Bernie Stolar as CEO". Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  7. "GetFugu, Inc. (Form: 8-K, Received: 04/02/2010 16:13:07)". Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  8. "Mobile game startup Zoom debuts with the familiar face of Sony, Sega vet Bernie Stolar as its chairman". VentureBeat. 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
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