Riot Games announces co-founder Marc Merrill named Chief Product Officer

Riot Games announced that Riot’s co-Founder and former Co-CEO Marc Merrill will oversee the ecosystems of all products at Riot Games in the newly established role of Chief Product Officer,CPO. As CPO, Marc will lead the vision for the ecosystems surrounding each game while helping solidify the future paths of League, VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, Wild Rift, Legends of Runeterra, and Research and Development at Riot. Reporting to CEO Dylan Jadeja, he will once again be responsible for aligning the broader product strategy and ensuring that gameplay, esports, and entertainment experiences across all titles are aligned to drive the most impactful and resonant outcomes for players. “In this next chapter for Riot, our goal is to double-down on our mission for players and to continue our evolution from delivering games as a service to bringing games as an experience to players,” said Jadeja. “Marc is incredibly well suited to drive this improved orientation and focus on behalf of players. He helped build this place from the ground up, and he’s been hands-on in making our mission a reality for years. He cares deeply about who we are and what we mean to players and has a nuanced understanding of what resonates across our products. Most importantly, Marc shares our strategic vision to unify games, esports, and entertainment into an experience for players that transcends the sum of their parts. We wouldn’t be the Company we are today without his leadership, and I am honored and excited to have him step into this critical role.”