Richard Garriott
| Richard Garriott de Cayeux | |
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| Born |
Richard Allen Garriott July 4, 1961 Cambridge, England, UK |
| Citizenship | American, British |
| Occupation | Video game developer |
| Known for |
Ultima series Private astronaut |
| Spouse(s) | Laetitia Pichot de Cayeux (m. 2011) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | Robert Garriott (brother) |
| Awards | AIAS Hall of Fame Award (2006) |
| Space Adventures private astronaut | |
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Time in space
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11d 20h 35m |
| Missions | Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12 |
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Mission insignia
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Richard Garriott de Cayeux (born Richard Allen Garriott; July 4, 1961) is a video game developer and entrepreneur. He is also known as his alter egos Lord British in Ultima and General British in Tabula Rasa. A well-known figure in the video game industry, Garriott was originally a game designer and programmer and now engages in various aspects of computer game development and business.
On October 12, 2008, Garriott flew aboard Soyuz TMA-13 to the International Space Station as a private astronaut, returning 12 days later aboard Soyuz TMA-12. He became the second astronaut, and first from the U.S., who had a parent that was also a space traveler.
Garriott founded a new video game development company in 2009, called Portalarium. His current project is Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues where his primary role is as CEO and Creative Director.
In 2011 he was married and changed his name to Richard Garriott de Cayeux. Richard and wife Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux, had their first child, Kinga Shuilong Garriott de Cayeux, on June 30, 2012. Their second child, Ronin Phi Garriott de Cayeux was born on July 28, 2014.
Richard was born in Cambridge, England, the son of American parents Helen Mary Garriott née Walker and Owen K. Garriott, one of NASA's first scientist-astronauts, who flew on Skylab 3 and Space Shuttle mission STS-9. He was raised in the United States from the age of about two months, in Nassau Bay, Texas.
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