Holly Liu Explained

Holly Liu
Nationality:American
Occupation:Businesswoman and venture capitalist
Known For:Co-founder of mobile gaming company Kabam

Holly Liu is an American businesswoman and venture capitalist. She is the co-founder of the mobile gaming company Kabam. She is currently Non-Executive Director and Strategic Adviser to Animoca's board of directors.[1]

Education

She studied at the University of California, Berkeley where she earned her master’s degree in Information Management and Systems. She also studied at the University of California, Los Angeles where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Communications and East Asian Studies.[2] [3]

Career

Liu is the co-founded mobile gaming company Kabam in 2006; maker of the games: Kingdoms of Camelot, , and Marvel Contest of Champions.[4] [1] She was lead designer of their flagship game Kingdoms of Camelot, which grossed over $250 million in just four years.[5] [1] Liu was instrumental in growing the company’s annual revenue from zero to $400m. She was also the founding mobile designer for the game extension Battle for the North, which made Kingdoms of Camelot the highest-grossing app for iPhone and iPad in 2012.[1]

In January 2017, the majority of Kabam’s assets were acquired by Netmarble, South Korea’s largest mobile gaming company.[6] Following her exit from Kabam, Liu took on a role as a visiting partner at Y Combinator, an accelerator providing seeded funding to nearly 2,000 startups with a combined value of over $80 billion.[7] [8] [9]

In June 2018 she was appointed Non-Executive Director and Strategic Adviser to Animoca's board of directors.[10]

In 2019 Liu worked as an advisor on The Sandbox, a decentralized gaming platform.[11]

She is currently a member on the advisory board at University of California, Berkeley School of Information.[12]

Recognition

She has been named one of Fortune’s “10 Most Powerful Women in Gaming”, Forbes’ “12 Women in Gaming to Watch.” and Forbes - "10 Women Entrepreneurs to Watch from Google Ventures' Portfolio Companies".[13] [14] [15]

She was also named by Inc as a Top 10 female founder unicorn.[16]

In 2018, she received the Technology Entrepreneurship Abie Award at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.[17] She was also featured among "America's Top 50 Women In Tech" by Forbes.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Animoca Appoints Kabam Co-Founder Holly Liu to Board of Directors. Milligan. Mercedes. 2018-06-28. Animation Magazine. en-US. 2019-10-09.
  2. Web site: Holly Liu: A Woman Technologist . 2023-11-15 . AnitaB.org . en-US.
  3. https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyhliu Holly Liu's LinkedIn account
  4. News: Dean Takahashi@deantak September 25, 2015 9:00 AM . Kabam's cofounder Holly Liu says you have to build a global culture to succeed in games . VentureBeat . 2015-09-25 . 2018-09-19.
  5. Web site: Game Apps Designed By Women That Prove Girls Really Do Run The World . Bustle.com . 19 June 2017. 2018-09-19.
  6. Web site: Netmarble completes acquisition of Kabam's Marvel Contest of Champions studio. Games Beat. 24 February 2017 . en-US. 2020-12-21.
  7. Web site: Seibel . Michael . Welcome Eric, Holly, Diego, Matt, Nic, Kyle, Adele, Jose, Matt, Ramon, and Gia . Blog.ycombinator.com . 2018-09-19.
  8. Web site: People. www.ycombinator.com. 2019-03-18.
  9. Male Partner Experiences About Acquired Brain Injury of Female Partner Interview Schedule. Brunsden. Cara. Kiemle. Gundi. 2017. Mullin. Stephen. 10.1037/t64176-000.
  10. Web site: Magazine . Animation . Animoca Appoints Kabam Co-Founder Holly Liu to Board of Directors . Animationmagazine.net . 2018-09-13 . 2018-09-19.
  11. Web site: Sandbox . The . 2019-05-24 . The Sandbox Blockchain Gaming Platform Receives $2.5M led by Hashed . 2023-11-15 . The Sandbox . en.
  12. Web site: Holly Liu . 2023-11-08 . Forbes . en.
  13. The 10 most powerful women in gaming. Gaudiosi. John. 2013-10-24. Fortune. 2018-09-19.
  14. 12 Women in Gaming to Watch - Entrepreneurs' Edition. Forbes.com. 2018-09-19.
  15. 10 Women Entrepreneurs To Watch From Google Ventures' Portfolio Companies. Forbes.com. 2018-09-19.
  16. Top 10 Female Founder Unicorns. Inc.com. 2018-09-19.
  17. Web site: Notimported . 2018-08-01 . Announcing the 2018 Abie Award Winners . 2023-11-08 . Grace Hopper Celebration . en-US.
  18. Web site: Holly Liu . Forbes.