Michael Morhaime
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Morhaime at BlizzCon 2007
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| Born | November 3, 1967 |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Employer | Blizzard Entertainment |
| Title | President of Blizzard Entertainment, CEO and Co-Founder |
| Awards | AIAS Hall of Fame Award (2008) |
Michael "Mike" Morhaime (born November 3, 1967) is president and a co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment (founded in 1991 as Silicon & Synapse), a video game developer located in Irvine, California, owned by Activision Blizzard. He is also an alumnus of Triangle Fraternity and received his bachelor's degree in 1990 from UCLA.
In 2008, Morhaime was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for Blizzard’s creation of World of Warcraft. Along with Don Daglow of Stormfront Studios and John Carmack of id Software, Morhaime is one of only three designers or producers to accept awards at the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and at the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Interactive Achievement Awards.
Morhaime plays poker and reached second place in edition 2006 of DICE's Celebrity Poker Tournament. In the last round, he faced Scott Fischman and Perry Friedman (World Series of Poker professionals), and Ray Muzyka, co-founder and CEO of video game developer Bioware. After a 45-minute game, Muzyka won, and Morhaime placed second overall in the tournament. Morhaime is Jewish. He graduated from Granada Hills High School in 1985. He is a member of , a metal band formed of and by Blizzard Employees, where he plays bass guitar. His avatar is a male Troll, Mai'Kyl.
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