--- title: Brian Ward steps down as Savvy Games Group CEO | daily.dev description: Brian Ward is stepping down as CEO of Savvy Games Group, the Saudi Public Investment Fund's gaming arm, after leading it since its 2021 founding. Turqi... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/brian-ward-steps-down-as-savvy-games-group-ceo-5ktmcmtxv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Brian Ward steps down as Savvy Games Group CEO | daily.dev og:description: Brian Ward is stepping down as CEO of Savvy Games Group, the Saudi Public Investment Fund's gaming arm, after leading it since its 2021 founding. Turqi... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/brian-ward-steps-down-as-savvy-games-group-ceo-5ktmcmtxv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5ktMCMtxv.png og:image:alt: Brian Ward steps down as Savvy Games Group CEO og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Brian Ward steps down as Savvy Games Group CEO **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Brian Ward is stepping down as CEO of Savvy Games Group, the Saudi Public Investment Fund's gaming arm, after leading it since its 2021 founding. Turqi Alnowaiser, PIF deputy governor, will serve as interim acting CEO. During Ward's tenure, Savvy acquired Scopely for $4.9 billion and Moonton, and oversaw a $37.8 billion investment strategy into gaming. The move comes a month after EA was acquired for $55 billion by a PIF-led consortium, reportedly raising internal concerns at Savvy about how the two Saudi-owned gaming businesses will coexist. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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