---
title: "Riot Games: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-riot-games
type: Organization
wikidata: Q1060165
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_Games
website: https://www.riotgames.com
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Riot Games

> Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles.

Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-riot-games

## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: United States
- Founded: 2006-01-01
- Headquarters: West Los Angeles
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: https://www.riotgames.com
- Employees: 2,500 (as of 2018-01-01)
- Also known as: Riot Games Ltd.
- Industries: software development, video game industry, International Standard Industrial Classification

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/riotgames
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/60870
- github: https://github.com/RiotGames
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNQmUMv2OIDAfgIa1-ih0hA
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RiotGames

## Key people

- Brandon Beck, founder (Businessman)
- Marc Merrill, founder (American businessman)
- Meagan Marie (American cosplayer, journalist, writer and community manager)

## Funding rounds

From Form D notices filed with the SEC. An amount sold is what the filing reports at the time of filing, not a valuation.

- 2009-09-09: Form D, USD 8 million sold of a USD 8 million offering, 10 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1469145/000146914509000001/))

## Ownership

Parent: [Tencent](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-tencent.md)
Subsidiaries: Radiant Entertainment, Hypixel Studios, Riot Games

## Products

- video game
- League of Legends
- Teamfight Tactics
- Legends of Runeterra
- League of Legends: Wild Rift
- Valorant

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Riot Games, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-riot-games#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1060165, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_Games
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001469145

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