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Brock Pierce (born November 14, 1980 in Minnesota), is an entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for virtual goods in online games. He has founded or co-founded seven companies, acquired more than thirty companies, and closed a dozen corporate finance transactions securing more than $200 million of funding on behalf of his companies. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur Brock had a brief stint as a producer and most of his childhood was spent as an actor.
Pierce founded Affinity Media (originally Internet Gaming Entertainment) in 2001 and resigned from his CEO position on June 26,... MORE
Brock Pierce (born November 14, 1980 in Minnesota), is an entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for virtual goods in online games. He has founded or co-founded seven companies, acquired more than thirty companies, and closed a dozen corporate finance transactions securing more than $200 million of funding on behalf of his companies. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur Brock had a brief stint as a producer and most of his childhood was spent as an actor.
Pierce founded Affinity Media (originally Internet Gaming Entertainment) in 2001 and resigned from his CEO position on June 26, 2007, but he remains an adviser and vice-chairman of the board of the company. Under Pierce’s leadership, Affinity Media nurtured DAX, the largest virtual goods exchanges in South Korea and the US/Europe market with sites, such as ItemMania and Player Auctions, respectively. Pierce also ushered in the era of ZAM, which is a network of websites oriented to massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPG), such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, etc. Affinity Media raised over $100 million from investors such as Goldman Sachs and Oak Investment Partners. In the recent past they were LESS
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