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Yoko Nakao

Director at Benetech

Yoko has been in the game industry for nearly two decades, previously serving as the COO at FoxNext Games, a wholly owned subsidiary of 21st Century Fox and the Walt Disney Company. Prior to FoxNext Games, Yoko was the COO of Worldwide Studios at Kabam, a leader in AAA mobile free-to-play games, where she oversaw operations teams in San Francisco, Berlin, Seoul and Beijing offices. Yoko has also worked at Electronic Arts, Bandai Namco, and Activision. She has launched iconic games including MARVEL Contest of Champions, Tekken, Katamari Damacy, The Orange Box and Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

Yoko received her MBA from University of California, Los Angeles, and her BA from Middlebury College. She is an active advisor to several technology start-ups and enjoys spending time outdoors with her family.