Jason Kingsley (businessman)

Jonathon Jason Kingsley CBE (born December 1964) is a British businessman. He is the co-founder and CEO of video game developer Rebellion Developments.

Jason Kingsley CBE
Born	Jonathon Jason Kingsley 1964 (age 60–61) Osgathorpe, England
Nationality	British
Education	St John's College, Oxford
Occupation	Executive
Known for	CEO of video game developer Rebellion

Background

Kingsley was born in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire. He attended Loughborough Grammar School and then Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College. He read zoology at St John's College, Oxford.^[1]

Kingsley established the company Rebellion Developments in 1992 with his brother Chris.^[2] Kingsley is also the chairman of The Independent Game Developers' Association (TIGA).^[3]

In 2017, Kingsley launched a medieval history YouTube channel called Modern History TV, of which he is the creator, producer, writer, and presenter, along with his brother Chris Kingsley, and senior producer Brian Jenkins, under the banner of Rebellion Productions.^[4][5][6]

He and his brother were appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to the economy^[7] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to the creative industries.^[8]

The brothers listed the arcade versions of Defender, Sinistar, Space Invaders, and Xevious, Paradroid for the Commodore 64, the Atari 800 versions of Star Raiders and Wizard of Wor, and Adventure for the Atari 2600 as their favorite games in 2000.^[9]

References

1. Graham, Natalie (12 September 2015). "My First Million — Jason Kingsley". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
2. Kingsley, Jason (10 March 2016). "Secrets of my success: Jason Kingsley OBE, founder of games developer Rebellion". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
3. "TIGA chairman Jason Kingsley award an OBE". TIGA. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
4. "Modern History TV". YouTube. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
5. McGoogan, Cara (3 January 2018). "Meet the (real) knight of YouTube: the millionaire businessman bringing history to life". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
6. Booth, William. "This video-game titan wants to ride into history — with a lance and bespoke armor". Washington Post. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
7. "Queen's birthday honours list 2012: OBE". The Guardian. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
8. "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N10.
9. • "The 100 best games of all time". Edge. No. 80. Future plc. 2000. p. 60.