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Maya Rogers (born May 1978) is a businesswoman and entrepreneur known for her work in thevideo game industry. She is the president and CEO ofThe Tetris Company, the company that manages the licensing and development of the Tetris brand.[1]
Rogers was educated in Japan before moving to the United States with her family. Her father,Henk Rogers, was the video game developer who secured the rights to distributeTetris onVideo game consoles and began to base his businesses in the U.S. She attendedPepperdine University in Los Angeles County, California, where she earned aBachelor of Science in business administration between 1996 and 2000. She also graduated with anExecutive MBA from theGraziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University between 2007 and 2009.[2]
Prior to joining Tetris, Rogers worked as a logistics analyst at AmericanHonda Motor Company, Inc., and as a localization producer atSony Computer Entertainment America.[2] She is also a founding partner of Blue Startups, a venture accelerator based in Hawaii.[3]
Rogers developed and oversaw the creation of the 2023 motion picture filmTetris as an executive producer[4] that debuted atSXSW and covered the life of her father and the company.[5][6] Kanon Narumi portrayed a young Rogers in the film.
