Larry Probst

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Larry Probst (Lawrence F. Probst III) is the CEO of the world's largest video game publisher, Electronic Arts (EA). He will be succeeded by John Riccitiello on April 2, 2007.^[1]

Probst worked from Johnson & Johnson and later on Clorox before being recruited into the videogame industry through Activision in 1982. In 1984 he joined EA as Vice President for Sales. He is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company. When President and Chief Operating Officer John Riccitiello resigned in April 2004, Probst assumed his duties.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Delaware.

According to EA's 2005 Annual Report, Probst is the biggest individual shareholder in EA, owning 739,761 shares and the right to acquire a further 3.1 million, which combined accounts for 1.2 percent of the company. Probst sits on the boards of two cancer research groups; the V Foundation and ABC2. Probst is often criticized for doing nothing to improve employee working conditions and overworking employees to pad his multi-million dollar salary [1] [2].

He has a wife, Nancy, and two sons, Scott and Chip.