Chris DeWolfe (left) and Josh Yguado are the cofounders of Jam City.
Chris DeWolfe (left) and Josh Yguado are cofounders of Jam City.
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Jam City appoints Josh Yguado as CEO as Chris DeWolfe leaves for Plai Labs startup

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Jam City announced that cofounders Chris DeWolfe and Aber Whitcomb have left for a new mobile game startup and Josh Yguado will step up to be CEO.

Yguado, also a cofounder, was previously chief operating officer and president. SeungWon Lee, chairman of Jam City, will also be elevated to executive chairman of Jam City. Lee is also president of Netmarble, the majority owner of Los Angeles-based Jam City.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.