Ian Livingstone

Ian Livingstone has been a leading pioneer of the UK games industry since 1975 when he co-founded Games Workshop and launched Dungeons & Dragons in Europe. In 1982, with Steve Jackson, he wrote The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, the first of the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, which went on to sell over 16 million copies in 28 languages. In 1995 he was instrumental in the flotation of Eidos plc where he served as Executive Chairman until 2002. At Eidos he helped to secure and launch many of the company's major franchises, including Lara Croft:Tomb Raider. In 2002 he received the BAFTA Special Award for his outstanding contribution to the interactive entertainment industry and in 2006 he was awarded an OBE for services to the computer games industry. In the Wired 100 list for 2012,Wired magazine ranked him the 16th most influential person in the UK's digital economy.