Marc Merrill co-founded Riot Games alongside Brandon 'Ryze' Beck and currently serves as the President of Games. Prior to this role, he was the President of Riot before transitioning to focus more on future game development in 2017.

Before founding Riot Games, Merrill worked as a corporate marketing executive at Advanstar Communications, a Business-to-Business media firm. His professional background also includes finance roles at Merrill Lynch and US Bancorp.

Interesting Facts:

• The champion Tryndamere was named after Merrill's EverQuest character
• Tryndamere and Ashe are named after Marc and his wife Ashley respectively

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