Yuga Labs Hires Chief Operating Officer of Activision Blizzard

Yuga Labs acquired CryptoPunks, Meebits and WENEW in 2022.

Yuga Labs, the startup behind Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), appointed Daniel Alegra as its new Chief Executive Officer. Before joining Yuga, Daniel was working with globally renowned gaming giant Activision Blizzard as President and Chief Operating Officer.

The Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) is a unique collection of 10k Bored Ape Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). These BAYC NFTs are unique digital collectibles built on the Ethereum blockchain.

BAYC NFT collection gained popularity in 2021. Justin Bieber, Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Post Malone and Marshmello are some of the well known personalities that hold BAYC NFTs.

Alegra has worked with Google as vice president of Latin America; he was later promoted to President of Asia Pacific. He was later appointed President for global and strategic partnerships at Google.

Alegra left Google in April 2020. At that time, he served as the President of Global Retail Shopping and Payments. He joined Activision Blizzard in April 2020 and worked for 3 years and recently joined Yuga Labs, succeeding Micole Muniz.

Daniel informed his followers about his new role as Chief Executive Officer at Yuga labs in his Twitter post on March 31, 2023.

Today is my last day as President and COO of Activision Blizzard. Thank you to the incredible teams who create truly epic games. Tomorrow I officially start at CEO of Yuga Labs. Couldn’t be more excited for this next chapter. pic.twitter.com/eo3RfIyz0q
— Daniel Alegre (@dalegre) March 31, 2023

According to several data aggregators, Yuga Labs is one of the major players dominating the NFT (Non- Fungible Token) sector. BAYC NFTs are one of the highest-selling NFTs in the market. The Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) is another popular stable of NFTs from Yuga Labs.

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