Alex Garden
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Alex Garden is the former CEO of Relic Entertainment. He founded Relic in 1997 with Luke Moloney. Alex Garden is now working at Nexon, a Korean game developer, overseeing operations in North America and Europe.
As the CEO of the North American Publishing division of Nexon Japan, Alex Garden is leading the Western expansion for the best Online Video Game Publishing Company on Earth. Prior to joining the company full-time, Alex worked with Nexon as an advisor for five years while he was also the CEO of Vancouver based Relic Entertainment. During his time at Relic, Alex grew revenue from CAD $160,000 in 1997 to well in excess of CAD $15M by 2004 when Relic was acquired by the US based game publishing company THQ Inc.
Alex lives in Vancouver, BC with his lovely wife Samantha and enjoys all sorts of irresponsible extreme sports in his spare time.
History
Computer Gaming World Editor-in-Chief Johnny Wilson called Alex Garden "The Gaming Industry's next Sid Meier." There's no doubt that Alex has already established a strong foothold in the entertainment software development arena with the release, and award-winning journey of Homeworld, the first title from Relic Entertainment Inc., and its follow-up, Homeworld: Catacylsm.
While much has been made of Alex's age, it must be appreciated that he's 'put in his time' in the industry -- first as a fifteen year-old game tester for Vancouver-based Distinctive Software Inc., and then with stints at world-leading developers Electronic Arts Canada and Radical Entertainment, before founding Relic Entertainment in 1997.
Surrounding himself with the best in the business - from highly creative designers and programmers, through a strong and visionary management team - Alex Garden believes that Relic Entertainment has exactly what it takes to secure a position as the industry's #1 developer for attracting talent and putting out uncompromising software titles. The fun is in continuing to prove it, game after award-winning game.
Source: Relic's Management Information page
