Gaming’s future, as viewed by the $6 billion-dollar man (interview)

Rick Thompson has had more than $6 billion in exits during his career as an investor. And much of it has been in games.

His Signia Venture Partners was an investor in China’s FunPlus, which sold its mobile gaming assets to Zhonghi Holding for $960 million earlier this year. He also invested in Funzio, which Japan’s Gree bought in 2012 for $210 million. He also had exits with Cie Games, Wild Needle, Grow Mobile, and Playdom. The latter was a social gaming company he sold to Disney for $763.2 million in 2010. There have been some flops as well. But few investors are willing to go back into game investments over and over like Thompson has. He is, after all, one of the top poker players in Silicon Valley.