Phil Harrison, the game industry’s gentlest, most sharply-dressed giant, worked at Sony for [[link]] 15 years. Then he left. While he ended up [[link]] joining Atari, turns out the original plan was to start his own company.
http://kotaku.com/363444/why-phil-harrison-joined-infogrames-magnetic-attraction
Speaking with Edge, Harrison says:
This isn’t new information, but our original plan was to start our own company. It was while studying that process that David [Gardner, CEO of Atari’s parent company, Infogrames] met the asset management company that owned the majority share holding of Infogrames. So we decided to take our blank-sheet-of-paper vision and apply it to Atari.
Not new information for you, Phil, but it is [[link]] to us! Shame on you for depriving the world of a company bearing your name. Or face. Or a stylistic impression of your chewing gum.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/kotaku-stalku/we-have-secured-phil-harrisons-chewing-gum-293013.php