Alex Rigopulos

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Alex Rigopulos
Occupation Co-Founder/CEO, Harmonix

Alexander Peter "Alex" Rigopulos is the CEO of Harmonix Music Systems, a company he founded with Eran Egozy in 1995. Rigopulos personally cites Japanese game designers Masaya Matsuura, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, and Keita Takahashi as some artists that have inspired his work at Harmonix.[1]. Rigopulos and Harmonix co-founder Eran Egozy were listed in Time Magazine's 2008 list of the 100 most influential people for their work on Rock Band[2].

Graduate of Deerfield Academy along with two other brothers.

Alex also donated a total of $2,000 to the Scorehero website, a website used to track Guitar Hero scores.

Rigopulos graduated with an S.B. in Music and Theater Arts in 1992 and an S.M. in Media Arts and Sciences in 1994 from the Media Lab at MIT. [1] [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Behind the Games: Alex Rigopulos at GameSpot
  2. ^ Van Zandt, Steven (2008-05-01). Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy. Time 100. Time Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
  3. ^ Interview with Alex Rigopulos at GameCritics.com
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