Kelly Sumner was the managing director of Commodore UK, the UK subsidiary of Commodore International, during the early 1990s. He then joined US games publisher Gametek Inc. as MD of international operations. He became CEO of Gametek prior to selling part of the company to Take-Two Interactive (Grand Theft Auto). At Take-Two, he again ran international operations until being promoted to CEO of the New York games publisher in 2001. After leaving Take-Two he became CEO of RedOctane (Guitar Hero)[1] and sold the Company to Activision in 2006.Sumner currently is Chairman of Intent Media (MCV & Develop magazines) and CEO of Soccer Matrix.
In 1992 Sumner won a Golden Joystick on Channel 4's GamesMaster for completing a challenge playing The Humans on the Amiga.