Startup Stories - Mixergy

#1902 How Riot Games founder Marc Merrill overcame massive hurdles to build League of Legends

03.09.2020 - By Andrew WarnerPlay

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Joining me is a legend himself. His name is Marc Merrill and he is the co-founder of Riot Games. Riot Games makes League of Legends, an incredibly successful multiplayer online battle arena video game.

I invited him here because I’m curious about how he grew this company. And we’re going to talk about some of the challenges. We’re going to talk about how big it is, including a stat that I want to bring up in the beginning of the interview.

Marc Merrill is the co-founder of Riot Games which is the creator of the online battle game, League of Legends.

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