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Robert K. Garriott (born December 7, 1956) is an American video game industry figure and entrepreneur. He co-founded Origin Systems and Destination Games with his brother, Richard Garriott, and was the CEO of NCsoft-North America until 2008. He is the second-eldest son of NASA astronaut Owen K. Garriott.

Garriott was graduated from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1983 with a Master of Science in Management and also earned degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rice University, and a master's degree in Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford University.

In 1983 he co-founded computer game developer Origin Systems with his younger brother Richard "Lord British" Garriott. He was a vice president and later an executive vice president at Electronic Arts (EA) after the company acquired Origin in 1992. Garriott left EA in 1995 and co-founded Destination Games in 2000. Destination was bought by NCsoft in 2001 and he became president and CEO of NCsoft-North America.

Ultima series

Spin-offs	Worlds 1: The Savage Empire Worlds 2: Martian Dreams Underworld I: The Stygian Abyss Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds Online

Canceled games	Ultima Worlds Online: Origin Ultima X: Odyssey

Wing Commander series

Spin-offs	Academy Privateer Armada

Moebius and sequel

Crusader and sequel

Jane's Simulations series

Stand-alone games

Published games

People

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