Veteran game analyst Michael Pachter will speak at GamesBeat 2016

Our next speaker for our GamesBeat 2016 event is Michael Pachter, the managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities. Pachter has more than 20 years of experience as a financial professional, and he has been analyzing game companies for a long time in addition to following the broader entertainment industry.

Pachter follows big game companies such as Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, GameStop, Nintendo, Take-Two Interactive, Ubisoft, and Zynga. He has an M.B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles and degrees from Pepperdine University, the University of Florida, and California State University at Northridge. He has an acerbic wit and is often quoted in both the gaming and mainstream press when it comes to analysis of the game industry’s leading companies. And he is the host of the video series “Pachter Factor” on Siftd.net.