Allen Adham is an Egyptian American businessman, who along with Michael Morhaime and Frank Pearce, was one of three co-founders of the video game developer Silicon & Synapse in 1991. In 1994, the company changed its name to Blizzard Entertainment, and is currently a subsidiary of the American company Activision Blizzard. Adham was involved in the creation of The Lost Vikings, RPM Racing, Rock N' Roll Racing, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, StarCraft, and most notably as the lead designer for World of Warcraft. He received his bachelor's degree in 1990 from UCLA. In 2004, Adham left Blizzard to found Tenfold Capital Partners, a quantitative hedge fund, but he remains a consultant to Blizzard. 

January 1st, 2000 in (Age 24)