Robert Garriott

{{Short description|American businessman (born 1956)}}

Robert K. Garriott (born December 7, 1956[http://www.okstate.edu/apdc/OwenGarriott.html Oklahoma State University: Biography of Owen K. Garriott]) is an American video game industry figure and entrepreneur. He co-founded Origin Systems and Destination Games with his brother, Richard Garriott, and was the CEO of NCsoft-North America from 2001 until 2008. He is the second-eldest son of NASA astronaut Owen K. Garriott.

Garriott graduated from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1983 with a Master of Science in Management and also earned degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rice University, and a master's degree in Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford University.{{moby developer|id=18867|name=Robert Garriott}}

In 1983 he co-founded computer game developer Origin Systems with his younger brother Richard "Lord British" Garriott. He was a vice president and later an executive vice president at Electronic Arts (EA) after the company acquired Origin in 1992. Garriott left EA in 1995 and co-founded Destination Games in 2000. Destination was bought by NCsoft in 2001 and he became president and CEO of NCsoft-North America.{{cite web |author1=The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |title=2007 Key Speakers: Robert Garriott |url=http://www.dicesummit.org/speakers.php?sp_id=64 |website=D.I.C.E Summit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608071750/http://www.dicesummit.org/speakers.php?sp_id=64 |archive-date=2007-06-08}}