Andrew Wilson

Andrew Wilson (born 7 September 1974) is an Australian businessman who has been the CEO of Electronic Arts (EA) since September 2013. Career Wilson joined EA in 2000 and worked in the company's Asian and European markets for several years before moving to EA Sports and then becoming an Executive Producer on the FIFA franchise. In August 2011 he was appointed Executive Vice President of EA Sports, and he also took on duties as Executive Vice President of the company's Origin platform in April 2013. Six months after the resignation of John Riccitiello, Wilson was chosen to be the new CEO of the company on 17 September 2013. In a blog post on EA's website, Wilson said that he was 'deeply honoured and humbled' to take up the job and said he envisioned EA as 'the world's greatest games company'. In recent years, he has been under fire for promoting microtransactions in EA's video games. He is a former member of Intel's board of directors.