Entrepreneur Dylan Collins has left Jolt Online Gaming, the firm he founded before selling a majority stake to Gamestop in 2009.
Collins remained as chief executive after the sale, but has now decided to leave to seek new challenges.
The resignation is effective immediately. “I feel I’ve taken Jolt and Gamestop as far as I can go with it,” he said.
“It’s in great shape, the integration has gone well. Gamestop has gone from a retail company to one where they are talking about all sorts of things.”
That leaves Richard Barnwell, Jolt’s chief operating officer, at the head of the company.
Although he is not sure what his next move will be, Collins is adamant that he wants to stay involved in the gaming industry.
“I genuinely haven’t made up my mind what I want to do,” he said. “That’s probably a reflection of the market in terms of the really cool opportunities out there. I’d love to do them all,” he said.
“Gaming has got lots of room for growth in the future. If there are ways in the future that I can bring more gaming companies into Ireland, I
Jolt was not Collins’s first success in the gaming arena; in 2007, he sold his original business Demonware to Activision for over $10 million.
In October last year, he launched a new e-commerce business offering cut price consumer electronics for shipment around Europe, called Gruupy.com.
