Employee Count: 2,500

Locations:

Headquarters in West Los Angeles

Additional locations in Berlin, Dublin, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, Santiago, St. Louis, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo

How They Started:

Riot Games was founded by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill as an indie games company in September of 2006. Their first game became their most popular, League of Legends, and was released to the public two years later.

Major Works From Recent Years:

Astro Teemo (March 2013), a mini game/ arcade game for pc

Cho’gath Eats the World (April 2014) a mini game/ arcade game for pc

Blitzcrank’s Poor Roundup (August 2015) a mini game/ side scroller for iOS

Ziggs Arcade Blast (August 2017) a mini game/ side scroller for pc

Mechs vs Minions (October 2016) a co-op strategy tabletop game

Subsidiary Companies:

Radiant Entertainment, a smaller games company founded in 2013 that primarily developed fighting games and released them for pc on steam.

How Much Money They Make:

Their estimated revenue as of 2015 was $1.6 billion.