Activision Blizzard announced today that it has appointed former Yahoo! COO Dan Rosensweig to be its new President and CEO of of RedOctane, the business unit which develops the mega-popular video game Guitar Hero. Rosensweig will be responsible for Guitar Hero's global operations "including game development, hardware manufacturing, supply chain, logistics and marketing" and report to President & CEO of Activision Publishing Mike Griffith.
Most recently Rosensweig was the Operating Principal at private investment firm Quadrangle Group. Before that he was Chief Operating Officer at Yahoo! for more than five years.
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