Mahoney Owen
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He served as Senior Vice President at Electronic Arts from November 2000 and moved to Outspark as Representative Director in September 2009. He joined Nexon as Chief Financial Officer in August 2010 and became a Director the following September. He was an outsider who had handled management and finance at US game companies. On the capital side, in the FY ended December 2015 the major shareholders were NXC Corporation at 38.61% and NXMH BVBA at 19.26%, so the two founder-side holding companies held a majority.
Selection
In March 2014 he succeeded Seungwoo Choi as President. He was appointed three years and seven months after joining in August 2010, rising from Chief Financial Officer and head of Administration to President. In the FY ended December 2013, the year before he took office, consolidated revenue was ¥155.9 billion and operating income ¥50.7 billion, up from ¥108.4 billion and ¥47.9 billion the year before. It was not a change after results had collapsed.
Initiatives
Over his ten years, consolidated revenue grew from ¥172.9 billion in the FY ended December 2014 to ¥423.3 billion in the FY ended December 2023, and operating income from ¥45.5 billion to ¥134.7 billion. Along the way, operating income rose to ¥62.3 billion in the FY ended December 2015, fell to ¥40.7 billion in the FY ended December 2016, then recovered to ¥90.5 billion in the FY ended December 2017. Net income first exceeded ¥100 billion at ¥107.6 billion in the FY ended December 2018, followed by ¥115.6 billion in the FY ended December 2019 and ¥114.8 billion in the FY ended December 2021.
Career
Career
Electronic Arts
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Nov 2000 | 主席副社長 (translation pending) |
Outspark
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Sep 2009 | Representative Director |
Nexon
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Aug 2010 | Chief Financial Officer |
| Sep 2010 | Director |
| Mar 2014 | Representative Director, President |
| Mar 2024 | Director and Senior Advisor |
| Mar 2024 | Stepped down as President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- ネクソン 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】