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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 5979316" data-attributes="member: 37579">I hadn't known Greg Leeds' background with Hasbro before but checking a couple websites you're right. As the previous 2 or so CEOs of WOtC had been old players I had assumed he was as well, but he really has no history with the game or the industry.Unsettling.Looking at his history, he was in marketing before becoming the General Manager of Hasbro's Boys Toys Division. Aka the General Manager of Hasbro's biggest seller, a very plum position. From there he was made CEO of his own company, but he was made CEO of WotC, a fairly small subsidiary with some under-performing brands at a time when Hasbro's stock was dipping. I wonder if this was a demotion disguised as a promotion. I always felt he didn't sound like he knew or cared about the game in interviews. I didn't know it was just a job to him. This really might explain the reluctance to embrace tech.</blockquote>