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Pete Parsons is a long-time Bungie executive, current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bungie[1][2] and the Bungie Foundation,[3] and a member of the Board of Directors of both companies.[3][4]
Bungie History
Parsons came to Bungie from Microsoft in 2002 as an executive producer and studio manager. After working on the hit sequels Halo 2 and Halo 3, Parsons had a brief stint as an executive producer for Microsoft before joining Bungie's spinoff from Microsoft (along with most of the rest of Bungie) to become an independent developer.
He left Bungie in 2006[5] after completing pre-production of Halo 3 and developing a partnership between Microsoft and Peter Jackson, and co-founded Fyreball (which eventually became Meteor Solutions),[6][7] a technology company that provided a variety of social marketing services to large companies like Microsoft, AT&T, and MTV Networks.
Parsons returned to Bungie sometime in 2008,[8] becoming the company's director of marketing.[9] He left Meteor Solutions in 2012.[3]
On January 27, 2016, Bungie announced that its Board of Directors had appointed Parsons to the role of chief executive officer.[1][2]
Under Parsons' tenure as CEO, Bungie launched Destiny 2, sought Chinese online gaming company NetEase to invest more than $100 million in Bungie,[10] ended Bungie's publishing deal with Activision,[11][12] opened Bungie's first international office in Amsterdam,[13] signed a lease for two floors in downtown Seattle at the 2+U tower for 300 employees,[14] announced culture improvements after IGN released an article about Bungie's toxic work culture,[15][16] made a deal with Sony to acquire Bungie,[17][18] announced that Bungie is a digital-first company,[19][20] laid off 8% of the company in October 2023,[21] and laid off 17% of the company in July 2024.[22][23][24][25][26]
Trivia
- Parsons spent over $2.4 Million on 25 classic cars between January 2022 to July 2024.[27][28][29][30]
- He left Bungie between 2006 and 2008.[5][8]
- During the Halo era for Bungie, Parsons' nickname was "Mango."
Bungie Game History
- Halo: Combat Evolved - Special Thanks, Studio Management
- Halo 2 - Executive Producer
- Halo 3 - Special Thanks
- Halo 3: ODST - Director of Marketing
- Halo: Reach - Chief Operating Officer
- Destiny - Studio Leadership, Chief Operating Officer
- Destiny 2 - Overhead, Studio Leadership, Chief Executive Officer
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bungie.net (archived) - Bungie Studio News (January 27, 2016)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Polygon.com - Bungie president Harold Ryan steps down, Pete Parsons taking over (January 27, 2016)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 LinkedIn - Pete Parsons
- ↑ ProPublica - Bungie Foundation
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bungie.net (archived) - So Long and Thanks for All the Pizza (January 25, 2006)
- ↑ BizJournals - Fyreball turns into Meteor (February 3, 2009)
- ↑ PLU - What would be awesome? (March 19, 2009)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 VentureBeat - Fyreball unveils new way to forward media to your friends (April 9, 2008)
- ↑ Halo 3: ODST
- ↑ GamesIndustry.biz - Bungie gets more than $100 million investment from NetEase
- ↑ Bungie.net - Our Destiny (January 10, 2019)
- ↑ Kotaku - Bungie Splits with Activision, Keeps Destiny (January 10, 2019)
- ↑ Bungie.net - Bungie Prepares for Future Growth in 2021 (February 18, 2021
- ↑ Bungie.net - Bungie Prepares for Future Growth in 2021 (February 18, 2021
- ↑ IGN - The Battle for Bungie's Soul: Inside the Studio's Struggle for a Better Work Culture (Dec. 10, 2021)
- ↑ Bungie.net - A Message from bungie CEO Pete Parsons (Dec. 10, 2021)
- ↑ Bungie.net - Bungie Joins Sony Interactive Entertainment (Jan. 31, 2022)
- ↑ PlayStation - Bungie is Joining PlayStation (Jan. 31, 2022)
- ↑ Twitter - @Bungie: Bungie is going digital-first. (April 12, 2022)
- ↑ Twitter - @pparson: We. Are. All. In. (April 12, 2022)
- ↑ Bloomberg - Sony’s Bungie Game Unit Cut 8% of Staff After ‘Destiny’ Play Wilted (October 31, 2023)
- ↑ Bungie.net - The New Path for Bungie (July 31, 2024)
- ↑ Kotaku - Bungie Hit By Layoffs And Massive Restructuring Despite Success Of Destiny 2: The Final Shape (July 31, 2024)
- ↑ Kotaku - Bungie Devs React To More Mass Layoffs: ‘My Whole Team Is Gone' (July 31, 2024)
- ↑ The Verge - Bungie is laying off 220 employees and moving others to PlayStation (July 31, 2024)
- ↑ Tech Crunch - Bungie employees say they were caught off-guard by 17% staff reduction (July 31, 2024)
- ↑ Twitter - TAILORED: Bungie lays off 17% of it's workforce... unrelated here is a list of cars the CEO has purchased on BAT Players and workers need to support each other. (July 31, 2024)
- ↑ Kotaku - Bungie CEO Seemingly Spent Over $2.3 Million On Classic Cars After Sony Acquisition (July 31, 2024)
- ↑ Eurogamer - Bungie CEO criticised for spending millions on classic cars, as calls for leadership changes escalate (August 1, 2024)
- ↑ PCGamer - Former Bungie devs show fury and sorrow over layoffs, following the revelation that CEO Pete Parsons allegedly spent at least $2,414,550 on vintage cars in the past 2 years (August 1, 2024)