Electronic Arts Tiburon

Electronic Arts Inc.

The EA headquarters building at Redwood City, California in May 2011.
Type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: EA NASDAQ-100 Component S&P 500 Component
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	May 27, 1982; 34 years ago (1982-05-27) in San Mateo, California, U.S.
Founder	Trip Hawkins
Headquarters	Redwood City, California, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Larry Probst (Chairman) Andrew Wilson (CEO)
Products	Army of Two series Battlefield series Burnout series Command & Conquer series Crysis series Dead Space series Dragon Age series FIFA series Fight Night series Madden NFL series Mass Effect series Medal of Honor series NBA Live series NCAA Football series Need for Speed series NHL series Plants vs. Zombies series Rock Band series SimCity series The Simpsons series The Sims series Skate series SSX series Star Wars series
Revenue	US$4.396 billion (2016)
Operating income	US$898 million (2016)
Net income	US$1.156 billion (2016)
Total assets	US$7.050 billion (2016)
Total equity	US$3.396 billion (2016)
Number of employees	8,500 (2016)
Subsidiaries	List of Electronic Arts subsidiaries BioWare Criterion Games EA Canada EA Digital Illusions CE EA Mobile EA Montreal EA Tiburon Firemonkeys Studios Ghost Games PopCap Games Maxis Motive Studios PopCap Games The Sims Studio Visceral Games
Website	ea.com

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for its games. As of 2014, Electronic Arts was the world's fourth-largest gaming company by revenue after Tencent, Sony and Microsoft The company sparked controversies over its advertising efforts, and acquisition of other studios.

Currently, EA develops and publishes games under several labels including EA Sports titles FIFA, Madden NFL, NHL, NCAA Football, NBA Live, and SSX. Other EA labels produce established franchises such as Battlefield, Need for Speed, The Sims, Medal of Honor, Command & Conquer, as well as newer franchises such as Crysis, Dead Space, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Army of Two, Titanfall and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, produced in partnership with LucasArts. EA also owns and operates major gaming studios, EA Tiburon in Orlando, EA Canada in Burnaby, BioWare in Edmonton as well as Montreal, and DICE in Sweden.