Trip Hawkins

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Trip Hawkins

Business

#517

World Rank

#568

Historical Rank

#189

USA Rank

Entrepreneurship

#56

World Rank

#56

Historical Rank

#9

USA Rank

Marketing

#129

World Rank

#129

Historical Rank

#24

USA Rank

Accounting

#300

World Rank

#324

Historical Rank

#80

USA Rank

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Trip Hawkins's Degrees

• Masters Strategy and Marketing Stanford University

Why Is Trip Hawkins Influential?

According to Wikipedia, William Murray "Trip" Hawkins III is an American entrepreneur and founder of Electronic Arts, The 3DO Company, and Digital Chocolate. Career A fan of the Strat-O-Matic Football pen and paper games, Hawkins started his first business as a teenager trying to create a knockoff version. He borrowed $5,000 from his father to start up the venture and advertised his game in NFL Game Programs, but the business failed. Eventually, he received his first computer and became interested in creating a digital football game, because it would allow players to avoid the challenging math of the game, which was all handled internally. he designed his own undergraduate major at Harvard University in Strategy and Applied Game Theory.

Other Resources About Trip Hawkins

• en.wikipedia.org

What Schools Are Affiliated With Trip Hawkins?

Trip Hawkins is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Santa Barbara
• Stanford University
• Harvard University