Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at k-ID
Julian Corbett
Julian Corbett is a co-founder and the Chief Growth Officer of k-ID, the new market standard for enabling age-appropriate and regulatory compliant game experiences for kids and teens. Julian uses his extensive experience in leadership in the tech and gaming industry to manage the company’s partnerships, strategy and revenue functions. Before joining k-ID, Julian worked at leading gaming and tech companies and was at the forefront of many of the industry’s most significant evolutions. He was at the birth of CGI animation at Medialab and then of mobile games at In-Fusio, securing the first large mobile game licensing deals for titles like Age of Empires and Neopets. He was at the inception of RealD 3D that went IPO on NYSE in 2010. Julian also spent 15 years in Asia, where he headed Take-Two Interactive publishing in APAC and fueled a massive regional growth during his tenure for 2K Games and Rockstar titles. As President of Voodoo Interactive in APAC, Julian was part of the team that took the company to Unicorn status. He then went on to be a founding member of Tencent Venture Labs, the post-investment support arm of the world’s largest video game company.
Questions & Answers
What sets you apart from others in your industry?
We solve a major pain point for the industry with a deep understanding of the issues faced. Compliance in gaming is complex and getting increasingly so. Building a market standard is a benefit from all stakeholders. Kids want less toxicity, parents want more visibility, publishers want less friction and more certainty and regulators want more implementation of their guidance. Everyone wants standards. This is what we uniquely enable.
Why are you excited about your company/product?
It is the rarest of things when the right team comes together for the right product at the right time. But k-ID has yet another dimension that is the right purpose. Creating a safer age appropriate internet is a societal imperative and this drives our product and team with a sense of urgency that is quite unique & rewarding.
