Variety compiled a list of the most influential people in the video game industry by simply listing the heads of major studios and publishers, which also included Swen Vincke and Sam Lake.
- David Baszucki, founder of Roblox Corp.
- Sarah Bond, president of Xbox
- Doug Bowser, president of Nintendo of America
- William Ding, founder of NetEase
- Neil Druckmann, co-head of Naughty Dog
- Johanna Faries, general manager of Call of Duty
- Hidemaro Fujibayashi, game director of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Shuntaro Furukawa, president of Nintendo
- Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft
- David Haddad, president of Warner Bros. Games
- Todd Howard, producer at Bethesda Game Studios
- Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios
- Sam Lake, creative director of Remedy
- Gabe Newell, founder of Valve
- Mark Ren, president of Tencent
- Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming
- Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games
- Haruhiro Tsujimoto, president of Capcom
- Nao Udagawa, CEO of Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Swen Vincke, founder of Larian Studios
- Andrew Wilson, CEO of Electronic Arts
- Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive
- Alexandre de Rochefort, CEO of Gameloft