Keith Kawahata

Co-Founder @ Stealth

About

Seasoned video game industry executive with ~15 years of Free 2 Play (F2P) and Games as a Service (GaaS) experience. Built and operated teams and studios large (2000+) and small. Cumulative product revenue of >$5 Billion (USD, Gross) + and installs of 4 Billion+. Integrated and operated dozens of M&A transactions including studios, products, teams and divestitures. Managed many product, team and leadership transitions and integrations including across countries, languages, platforms and companies. I believe in empowered teams, transparent leadership, innovative design, data driven decisions and disciplined operations.

Country

Denmark

City

Copenhagen

Industry

Computer Games

Skill

Strategy, Product Management, Leadership, Management, Video Games, Sales, Monetization, Strategic Partnerships, Online Gaming, Start-ups, Social Games, Sales Operations, Mobile Devices, Mobile Games, Mobile Applications, MMO, Casual Games, Mac OS X, Game Development, Gambling

Experience

Co-Founder

Stealth

2023-9 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

Ushering forth the era of native AI games

Angel Investor & Advisor

Kawahata Consulting International LLC

2023-1 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Supporting amazing founders and teams chasing their visions. HOMAgames.com - Making Games to build a universe. LowKick.Games - Building WorldShards a PC Sandbox-RPG with levelless progression. FANtium.com - Build your portfolio of sports assets, participate in their success and become part of the team Soba.xyz/ - Your Game. Your Rules. Building the mobile first no-code creator platform. Faraway.gg - Player Driven Economies. Multi-chain Developer Platform + web3 UGC + Games. goodfriendgames.com - Creators of Walking Planet OneMoreGame.com - Games That Gamers Love

Head of Games

AppLovin

2020-6 - 2022-8 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Berlin, Germany

Head of AppLovin Games Business. 20 Studios, 2,000 Devs, $1b+ ARR. Select Studios and Games PeopleFun - Wordscapes LionStudios - Mr Bullet, HookedInc, Match3d Magic Tavern - Matchington Mansion, Project Makeover MZ - Game of War, Final Fantasy XV Belka Games - Clockmaker Clipwire - Bingo Story and many more...

Head of Mobile

Wargaming

2016-9 - 2020-2 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Berlin Area, Germany

Built and lead Wargaming Mobile (WGM). ~350 FTE, 5 studios. World of Tanks Blitz World of Warships Blitz

Owner

ZeroTheory Inc

2014-3 - 2017-7 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Supporting founders and teams in product, commercial and design. Most notable and closest partnership was with SYBO Games, the developers of the smash hit Subway Surfers.