Don Mattrick, Industry Chair for the #BCTECH Summit, knows how to create a successful BC-based business and make an impact on the world stage.
He was born and raised in BC and started his first company Distinctive Software Inc. in 1982 at the age of 17. After that company was acquired by Electronic Arts in 1991, Mattrick went on to become EA Canada where he became their President of Worldwide Studios. Following that he went on to run the XBox business, supply chain and hardware R&D at Microsoft for a number of years before heading to California to run social games company Zynga. Mattrick has also been identified as a “Global Leader of Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum.
