Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.

Type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: TTWO
Industry	Video games
Founded	September 30, 1993
Founder	Ryan Brant
Headquarters	New York City, US
Key people	Strauss Zelnick(chairman and CEO) Karl Slatoff (president) Lainie Goldstein (CFO)
Main products	Borderlands seriesCivilization series Grand Theft Auto series Mafia series Max Payne series NBA 2K series Red Dead series
Main subsidiaries	2KDynamixyz Ghost Story Games Rockstar Games Zynga
Website	take2games.com

Summary

• Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an American video game holding company based in New York City founded by Ryan Brant in September 1993.
• The company owns two major publishing labels, Rockstar Games and 2K, which operate internal game development studios.
• As of March 2018, it is the third-largest publicly traded game company in the Americas and Europe after Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts, with an estimated market cap of US$13 billion.

Mission & vision

• To be the most creative and innovative entertainment company in the world.
• To constantly push boundaries and exceed expectations.
• To create engaging and immersive experiences for our customers To foster a culture of respect, collaboration and accountability.
• To be a socially responsible company, committed to environmental sustainability and ethical behaviour.

Team

• Strauss Zelnick: He is the founder, chief executive officer, and managing partner of private equity firm ZMC, the chairman and CEO of video game company Take-Two Interactive, and the former chairman of media conglomerate CBS Corporation.
• Karl Slatoff: Karl Slatoff is the President of Take-Two, a role that he assumed in May 2013. He previously served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer beginning in October 2010, and prior to that, held the position of Executive Vice President beginning in February 2008. Karl is a partner at ZelnickMedia, which specializes in the areas of music, direct marketing, broadcast television and radio, interactive entertainment and new media.
• Lainie Goldstein: Lainie Goldstein is the Chief Financial Officer of Take-Two, a role that she assumed in 2007. In this capacity, she is responsible for overseeing finance, accounting, tax, treasury, investor relations and corporate communications. Lainie previously served as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Finance beginning in 2003.

Products

• Civilization series: Civilization is a series of turn-based strategy video games, first released in 1991.
• Borderlands series: Borderlands is an action role-playing first-person looter shooter video game franchise set in a space Western science fantasy setting, created and produced by Gearbox Software and published by 2K for multiple platforms.
• Grand Theft Auto series: Grand Theft Auto, commonly referred to as GTA, is an open world action-adventure crime sandbox video-game series, as well as one of the longest video-game arcade series, published by Rockstar Games.
• Mafia series: Mafia is a series of action-adventure games originally created and developed by 2K Czech.
• Max Payne series: Max Payne is a neo-noir third-person shooter video game series developed by Remedy Entertainment and Rockstar Studios. The series is named after its protagonist, Max Payne, a New York City police detective turned vigilante after his family was murdered by drug addicts.
• NBA 2K series: NBA 2K is a series of basketball sports simulation video games developed by Visual Concepts and released annually since 1999. The premise of the series is to emulate the sport of basketball, and more specifically, the National Basketball Association.
• Red Dead series: Red Dead is a series of Western-themed action-adventure games published by Rockstar Games.

Competitors

• Activision Blizzard: Activision Blizzard, Inc. is a member of the Fortune 500 and S&P 500. As one of the world’s most successful standalone interactive entertainment and gaming corporations, we delight hundreds of millions of monthly active users. We are headquartered in Santa Monica, California, and have nearly fifty operations around the world.
• Valve Software: Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is the developer of the software distribution platform Steam and the franchises Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, and Dota.
• Ubisoft: Ubisoft Entertainment SA is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, For Honor, Just Dance, Prince of Persia, Rabbids, Rayman, Tom Clancy's, and Watch Dogs.

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