Америкалық интернет кәсіпкері Грегори Фишбахтың өмірбаяны

American Internet entrepreneur

Gregory Edmund Fischbach (born April 29, 1942) is an American Internet entrepreneur, attorney, business executive, co founder of video communication and content sharing company Rabbit and video game publisher Acclaim Entertainment (1987), he had managed the company for 16 years as the CEO. Fischbach addressed the United States Senate regarding Internet privacy and ESRB ratings.

In 1963, Fischbach received his B. S. degree in economics from SF State University. He earned his J. D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1966. Following an experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Santiago, Chile, Fischbach started work as a trial attorney with the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and afterwards was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California. For 10 years of Acclaim's work (1990 2000), the video game company released variety of well known titles such as the Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam series, before Acclaim folded in 2004.

Fischbach was one of the co Founders of the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) and ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) in the mid 1990s, and served as its Chairman for two years. The former is the videogame industry association which acts in part as a lobbying group; the later is the industry rating board, which is a non profit, self regulatory body that independently assigns content ratings, and enforces advertising guidelines for the videogame industry. Fischbach served on the boards of these organizations from 1994 to 2004.

Fischbach is a Founder and Managing Partner of Hampton Farms Ventures, formed in the Fall of 2004. Hampton Farms advises, invests and consults with companies in technology, media, games and entertainment. Together they have a son Benjamin David Fischbach, who graduated from the University of Vermont. He worked as a brand manager at Acclaim Entertainment. Fischbach's wife Linda is a sales associate for Sotheby's International Real Estate. The family lives in New York.