Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner

Asi Burak is a veteran of the videogame and tech industries, and an award-winning executive producer. He was named one of the Digital 25: Leaders in Emerging Entertainment by the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and Variety Magazine for his work with Games for Change. He is currently the CEO of Power Play and also the chairman of the influential industry organization Games for Change (G4C), which produces the largest gaming event in NYC, the annual Games for Change Festival. He has served as a strategic advisor to organizations like EON Productions (producer of the James Bond films), Tribeca Enterprises, Newsweek, and McCann Erickson, helping guide the strategic use of games and digital experiences to further brand engagement. He has been invited to speak at conferences and institutions including TED Talks, Harvard Kennedy School, the Clinton Global Initiative, Sundance, the Skoll World Forum, CES, SXSW, and the US Army War College. He is also a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts MFA in Design for Social Innovation and holds a Master of Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University.