Bernie Stolar

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Bernard Stolar is an American businessman and was a prominent figure in the video game industry for many years.

Early life and education[]

Stolar was born into a Jewish family. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.^[1]

Career[]

Stolar was president of Atari and led the Lynx division in the early 1990s.

Stolar was also the first executive vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment America, where he was integral in building the original PlayStation's game catalog. After leaving Sony, he accepted an offer to become president and chief operating officer at Sega of America, who were engaging with the development and launch of the Dreamcast.^[2] Stolar has often been blamed for speeding the market demise of Sega's incumbent game console, the Saturn, due to pessimistic statements he made about the system.^[3]

In December 1999, Stolar joined Mattel as president.^{[citation needed]} In late 2005, Stolar became an advisor and director at Adscape Media.^{[citation needed]} In 2009, Stolar became the chief executive officer of GetFugu.^[4] By 2010, Stolar had resigned.^[5] In 2014, Stolar became the chairman of ZOOM and the Jordan Freeman Group.^[6]

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