--- title: Report: Savvy Games Group CEO Brian Ward departs company description: Savvy Games Group CEO Brian Ward is stepping down, according to Bloomberg News. Ward, who led the Saudi-backed gaming conglomerate since 2021, oversaw a $37.8... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/report-savvy-games-group-ceo-brian-ward-departs-company-ysr06azez twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Report: Savvy Games Group CEO Brian Ward departs company | daily.dev og:description: Savvy Games Group CEO Brian Ward is stepping down, according to Bloomberg News. Ward, who led the Saudi-backed gaming conglomerate since 2021, oversaw a $37.8... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/report-savvy-games-group-ceo-brian-ward-departs-company-ysr06azez og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YSR06AzeZ.png og:image:alt: Report: Savvy Games Group CEO Brian Ward departs company 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. # Report: Savvy Games Group CEO Brian Ward departs company **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Savvy Games Group CEO Brian Ward is stepping down, according to Bloomberg News. Ward, who led the Saudi-backed gaming conglomerate since 2021, oversaw a $37.8 billion investment spree that included stakes in Embracer Group, Take-Two, and Nintendo, plus the $4.9 billion acquisition of Scopely and $3.5 billion acquisition of Niantic. He is being temporarily replaced by Turqi Alnowaiser, deputy governor of parent organization Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. The departure may be connected to internal questions about how Savvy and the recently Saudi-acquired Electronic Arts — bought in a separate $55 billion deal — will be managed alongside each other. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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