Riot Games Will Get A New CEO Later This Year

Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent might be stepping down this yr after 6 years within the place, Riot has introduced. He might be succeeded by the corporate’s present international president, A. Dylan Jadeja.

Laurent, who has spent 14 years in management positions at Riot, together with six as CEO, instructed workers he is stepping all the way down to spend extra time together with his household. He will stay with Riot in an advisory position as soon as the handover is full.

Incoming CEO Dylan Jadeja has been with Riot since 2011, and was named president in 2017. Since then Riot says he “has been one of the key leaders in crafting Riot’s strategy and driving our culture forward,” which suggests his transfer to CEO will not change an excessive amount of concerning the firm’s general technique. The management transition will happen over the approaching months, with the method anticipated to be absolutely full by the top of the yr.

In an electronic mail despatched to Riot workers, Laurent defined the private causes behind his determination, whereas assuring Rioters that he would not be transferring to a different firm or beginning a brand new one. He additionally defined a number of the course of that went into selecting Jadeja as his successor, saying Riot “looked both inside and outside the company to find the very best person for this role and for Riot’s next chapter.”

Jadeja additionally despatched a message to workers affirming his dedication to the corporate and its ongoing objectives. The incoming CEO mentioned he could be spending the following few months participating with Riot’s completely different departments to “take stock of where we are and get a deeper understanding of what’s working and what we can do better.”

He ended with an acknowledgement that he “may do some things differently than those before me,” however that he would nonetheless be pursuing the identical objective.

While most identified for its MOBA League of Legends, Riot has branched out in recent times with FPS Valorant, and League spinoffs Legends of Runeterra, Wild Rift, and Teamfight Tactics. The studio additionally noticed enormous success with its animated sequence Arcane, a collaboration with Netflix, and has advised there might be extra to return in its Runeterra cinematic universe. Riot additionally has a lot of different Runeterra-related video games in manufacturing, together with a combating recreation, an motion RPG, and an MMORPG.