After 15 years churning out hit titles like Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, and NBA2k, this CEO knows what makes a hit—even if he doesn’t play video games himself.
Strauss Zelnick, a Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School graduate, has been CEO of Take-Two Interactive Software since 2011. During that time, he has helped skyrocket the company’s stock price by more than 1,600% from about $12 per share when he took charge to nearly $240 per share. He has also quintupled the company’s net revenue during his tenure, with 2025’s full-year number coming in at $5.6 billion compared with less than $1 billion before he took over.
