Asian gaming giant Nexon announces Owen Mahoney as successor to CEO

Don’t look now, but a foreign guy will become the boss at one of Asia’s biggest game companies. Free-to-play online gaming giant Nexon has announced Owen Mahoney’s appointment as the successor for the top executive post at Nexon.

The move shows how important knowledge of Western markets has become to Nexon, which has designs on becoming a global gaming company with major hits in all regional markets.