CEO Bobby Kotick will leave Activision Blizzard on January 1, 2024 | Schreier: Kotick will depart after 33 years, employees are “very excited.”::Schreier: Kotick will depart after 33 years, employees are “very excited.”

  • Ab_intra
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    1031 year ago

    Hope he burn in hell. He’s the best example of how not to run a company. It’s insane that he’s not been let go for years now.

      • Ab_intra
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        351 year ago

        I think you’re right. I’m pointing moee to his leadership and how he has allowed sexism and other bad behavior to go on without any consequences. He even told an assistant that he would have her killed… https://www.pcgamer.com/more-shocking-activision-blizzard-revelations-bobby-kotick-once-told-an-assistant-he-was-going-to-have-her-killed/

        He might earn himself and the stockholders a lot of money… But in my eyes he’s a great example of why I don’t like capitalism, but that is another discussion tho!

        • @[email protected]
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          251 year ago

          He’s obviously a terrible human being, I think you have to be to be a wildly successful CEO.

          But those are the people who are best at running companies. I wouldn’t be good at it, because I’m not a piece of shit

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            1 year ago

            That’s what sucks about capitalism. We’re allowing thhattype of trash to run it.

            Wow I’m very anti capitalist today!

            • @[email protected]
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              The thing that sucks even more about it is no one even has to ‘allow’ that type of trash to run it, it’s just what tends to happen if the profit motive is the main driver of people’s behavior.

      • @[email protected]
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        141 year ago

        ATVI’s stock performance only looks impressive if you don’t compare it to anything. Here’s a graph comparing ATVI to ONEQ, which is an ETF that tracks the NASDAQ composite index. If anything, ATVI has been slightly underperforming the market average for most of Kotick’s tenure as CEO.

        To see what “outperforming the market” looks like, compare ATVI to NVDA. NVDA’s stock has increased 16,000% in the 15 years that Kotick has been CEO of ATVI.

        Or to see some video game company stocks that have outperformed the market, compare ATVI to TTWO (Take Two) or CCOEY (Capcom).

        From a purely financial perspective, Kotick was middling at best. He deserves no plaudits. There were plenty of other NASDAQ companies that outperformed the market during the time he was CEO of ActiBlizz, including other video game companies.

        • @[email protected]
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          1 year ago

          Take two is three times smaller via market cap and Capcom is 8 times smaller, just saying looking at stock price alone doesn’t tell the full picture.

          Activision has also done multiple stock splits over the last 30 years.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            Stock price charts account for all splits/reverse splits, so it wouldn’t be a factor when comparing price over time.

            I agree with the first point though. Even just performing slightly below the market with such a massive company would make Kotick very desireable as a new CEO, unfortunately. Maybe some corps would not be fine with his reputation, but I doubt he will struggle to find a position in a new board room.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 year ago

              The stock price itself does account for it in the charts, but it doesn’t speak to the market cap aspect.

              • @[email protected]
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                01 year ago

                The charts are in percent, not dollars. It doesn’t matter that Capcom is 8 times smaller if investing $1 in it still yields a higher return on investment.

                Also, Take Two may be smaller, but… Grand Theft Auto.

                • @[email protected]
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                  11 year ago

                  Not true, because of stock splits

                  Also all I’m looking at is market cap, it doesn’t matter what games you like from them lol

                  • @[email protected]
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                    11 year ago
                    1. That’s not how stock splits are documented. The historical price per share is retroactively divided. Otherwise you’d see the share price suddenly drop by 50%…
                    2. Market cap by itself is not an indicator of performance. If I invest $1 billion in a company and it’s worth $1.1 billion 10 years later, is that a better or worse return than investing $1 million in a company that’s worth $2 million 10 years later?
                    3. I’m not a particularly big fan of GTA. I mentioned it because it’s the most profitable entertainment product ever created.
      • Erian
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        11 year ago

        Most consumers just don’t care or don’t know at all who Bobby Kotick is. Call of Duty is so popular, but the people that follow the market or the game industry well enough to know the people behind games aren’t that many.