# Don Mattrick

> Donald Allan Mattrick is a Canadian businessman who co-founded Distinctive Software (DSI) in 1982 in Vancouver at age 17, while graduating from high school and attending Simon Fraser University where he studied business and managerial economics. DSI became the largest independent game developer in North America and was later acquired by Electronic Arts in 1991. Mattrick worked at EA Canada for 15 years as the president of Worldwide Studios. In 2007, he joined Microsoft as the president of the Interactive Entertainment Business, notably working to develop the Kinect for Xbox 360. Mattrick was the CEO of publicly trading social gaming company Zynga from 2013 to 2015.

*Canadian video game executive*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Country:** Canada
- **Born:** 1964-02-13
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Donald Allan Mattrick is a Canadian businessman who co-founded Distinctive Software (DSI) in 1982 in Vancouver at age 17, while graduating from high school and attending Simon Fraser University where he studied business and managerial economics. DSI became the largest independent game developer in North America and was later acquired by Electronic Arts in 1991. Mattrick worked at EA Canada for 15 years as the president of Worldwide Studios. In 2007, he joined Microsoft as the president of the Interactive Entertainment Business, notably working to develop the Kinect for Xbox 360. Mattrick was the CEO of publicly trading social gaming company Zynga from 2013 to 2015.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.0 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 5.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 62.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #172

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