Will Wright

* Creator of Sims

* Co-founder Maxis: IPO in 1995, acquired by EA in 1997. By November 2006 EA had earned over $1B from Sims franchise.

* Joined Linden Lab's Board in 2011

* Games designed:
Raid on Bungeling Bay -- (1984) for the Commodore 64
SimCity
SimCity 2000
SimEarth
SimCopter
SimAnt
The Sims
The Sims Online
Spore

* Awards:

- Lifetime Achievement Award, Game Developers Choice Awards in 2001.

- Inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame in 2002.

- In 2007 the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awarded him a fellowship, the first given to a game designer.

- Referred to as one of the most important people in gaming, technology, and entertainment (Entertainment Weekly, Time, PC Gamer, Discover and GameSpy).

- PC Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.