Top 20 most influential businessmen of the IMO-industry

Massive Online Gamer , one of the leading US gaming magazines, has named the Top 20 most influential people in the multiplayer online gaming business. According to analysts of the publication, the list of iconic individuals, who in 2009 managed to distinguish themselves and influence the industry as a whole, looks like this:

1. John Smedley and Läralin McVilliams (Sony Online Entertainment)
2. Huateng Ma (Tencent)
3. Mike Morhaim (Blizzard)
4. John Rikkitillo (Electronic Arts)
5. Jack Emmert and John Needham (Cryptic Studios)
6. Tiancayo Chen (Shanda Entertainment)
7. Teek Jin Kim and Yongchan Ji (NCSoft)
8. Jim Crowley (Turbine)
9. Andreas Weidenhaupt (Frogster Online Gaming)
10. James Ohlen (BioWare)
11. Gordon Walton and Rich Vogel (BioWare)
12. Yoichi Uoda (Square Enix)
13. Hilmar Petersson and Noah Ward (CCP Games)
14. Min Kim (Nexon America)
15. Jay Todd Coleman (KingsIsle Entertainment)
16. William Leigh Ding (NetEase)
17. Steve Wadsworth (Disney Interactive Media Group)
18. Sergey Orlovsky (Nival)
19. Klaas Kersting (Gameforge)
20. Mark Pincus (Zynga)

The laurels of the most influential businessmen go to gentlemen from Sony Online Entertainment . And there is a reason . In my opinion, Turbine and BioWare both made their best performance, still gaining momentum due to a change in the DDO subscription model and Social social gaming network, respectively.

Particularly pleased with the presence in the top 20 Sergey Orlovsky aka Warp007 . The social network ZZima.com and now belonging to Mail.ru Allods Online have done their work.