Herman Peterscheck: How to break into the Gaming Industry, Tencent, Warhammer and Disney.
Hosted by
Guy Spier
Hermann Peterscheck used to make games at a company called Riot. Now he manages Hypernormal Capital which involves a lot of reading, some writing and the occasional investment decision.
hypernormalcapital.com/
www.linkedin.com/in/hermannpeterscheck
twitter.com/petershk
Q3 Letter to Partners
He is my go-to expert in the gaming industry. We talked about Nintendo, League of Legends, Games Workshop, Tencent and more.
Contents:
- Hermann’s first exposure to games (03:15)
- Childhood experiences programming (04:15)
- Finding his passion in life and work (08:30)
- Breaking into the industry (10:00)
- Loses first gaming industry job when his company is bested by online gaming (14:00)
- Passion and career choices (17:26)
- Adventure and success with Riot Games (21:13)
- Ignorance and passion: The “magical combination” (22:03)
- From the beginning: Hermann joined Riot Games in 2009, at 33 (23:08)
- For many years, Riot Game’s League of Legends was world’s top game (27:13)
- Stratospheric growth of Riot Games under the aegis of Tencent (34:17)
- Investing in U.K. company “Gamestop” (41:56)
- Further adventures in investing (51:00)
- Investing in Nintendo (54:41)
- The Disney juggernaut (58:00)
- The curious “suicide contraption” that besets some companies (1:00:25)
- More on Gamestop (1:08:57)
- Hermann talks about what’s important in life (1:13)
Access the Transcript here: https://aqfd.docsend.com/view/ud6vfpscrkydcuhe
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