Retro Rogue #1 Posted April 5, 2007 Officials from veteran French publisher Infogrames, the parent company of U.S. publisher Atari, have announced that founder Bruno Bonnell has left the company, to be replaced by newcomer Patrick Leleu as chairman and CEO. According to an Infogrames press statement, Bonnell will cut all ties with the company, leaving his positions as chairman, CEO and director of Infogrames Entertainment, as well as all of his other positions within Atari and the Infogrames group of companies. See the full announcement here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregory DG #2 Posted April 5, 2007 The Atari curse strikes again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clint Thompson #3 Posted April 5, 2007 Hardly a curse as it is a blessing. I'm not sure how to look at it now though. At first I was thinking great... this is truly a new chapter for Atari.... but then you have to wonder at the same time with so much going on at Atari/Infogrames what exactly does it all mean at the end of the day. I know Bruno must feel like crap though after seeing how stock shot up nearly 25% when they announced his departure (Infogrames) and Atari's stock spiking upwards 15% (considering it's been slowly desolving over the past couple of weeks to make a quick turn-around) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retro Rogue #4 Posted April 5, 2007 Well according to the release, they made it sound like this was originally part of the conditions of the reorganization. Like he was expected to setp down all this time, and now that the reorganization is done he is. I don't remember seeing anything like that. My only concern now is with his replacement. He looks to be another Kassar - all business experience and zero experience with video games. He was running cellphone companies all this time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Lynxer2007 #5 Posted April 5, 2007 (edited) Oh man, I already made a topic about this in the 'Modern Games' section. Oh well. Sorry. But anyways, he probably did it for the good of the company. Sacrificing his own job to reassure the future of IESA and Atari, Inc. He has my full respect. Edited April 5, 2007 by EMZayas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MCHufnagel #6 Posted April 6, 2007 Oh man, I already made a topic about this in the 'Modern Games' section. Oh well. Sorry. But anyways, he probably did it for the good of the company. Sacrificing his own job to reassure the future of IESA and Atari, Inc. He has my full respect. LOL, no CEO resigns for the good of the company. They are either forced out, get a big payoff to go away or both. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+RandomPerson #7 Posted April 6, 2007 Oh man, I already made a topic about this in the 'Modern Games' section. Oh well. Sorry. But anyways, he probably did it for the good of the company. Sacrificing his own job to reassure the future of IESA and Atari, Inc. He has my full respect. LOL, no CEO resigns for the good of the company. They are either forced out, get a big payoff to go away or both. I vote for both. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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