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Gregory B. Maffei
Director since 2003
Mr. Maffei, age 51, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Media Corporation, which
owns ecommerce, media, communications and entertainment businesses and investments, since February 2006.
He joined Liberty Media in November 2005 as CEO-Elect. From June 2005 until November 2005, Mr. Maffei
served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation. From 2000 until June 2005, Mr. Maffei
served as Chief Executive Officer of 360networks Corporation, a broadband telecom service provider, and also
became Chairman of the Board of 360networks in 2002. Previously, Mr. Maffei was with Microsoft Corporation
from 1993 to 2000, in several positions, including Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief
Financial Officer. Mr. Maffei also served as Chairman of Expedia, Inc. from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Maffei currently
serves on the Board of Directors of the following public companies in addition to EA and Liberty Media: Sirius
XM Radio Inc. and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. He also sits on the Board of Directors of 360networks and
Zillow.com, both private companies. Mr. Maffei also served as a director of Starbucks Corporation and Direct
TV Group, Inc. during the past five years. Mr. Maffei received an A.B. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A
from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.
Mr. Maffei’s service on the public company Board of Directors at Sirius XM Radio Inc. and Live Nation
Entertainment, Inc. is due to Liberty Media’s equity investments in those companies and thus, should be viewed
as part of his Chief Executive Officer responsibilities at Liberty Media. EA’s Board of Directors is Mr. Maffei’s
sole outside public company board unrelated to his duties at Liberty Media.
Mr. Maffei has extensive operating, financial and investment experience in the technology, media and telecom
sectors with some of the largest and most successful companies in their relevant industries. In addition,
Mr. Maffei serves on our Audit Committee, and he qualifies as an audit committee financial expert (as defined in
the applicable rules of the SEC) and is financially sophisticated within the meaning of the NASDAQ Stock
Market Rules. Based on these experiences, qualifications and attributes, the Board has concluded that Mr. Maffei
is qualified to serve as a director.
Vivek Paul
Director since 2005
Mr. Paul, age 52, is the founder of Akansa Capital, an investment firm. Mr. Paul was a partner at TPG (formerly
Texas Pacific Group) from October 2005 to August 2008. From July 1999 to September 2005, Mr. Paul served as
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wipro, Ltd., a provider of integrated business, technology and
process solutions, and Chief Executive Officer of Wipro Technologies, Wipro’s global information technology,
product engineering, and business process services segments. From January 1996 to July 1999, Mr. Paul was
General Manager of Global CT Business at General Electric, Medical Systems Division. From March 1993 to
December 1995, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wipro GE Medical Systems Limited.
Mr. Paul holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, and an M.B.A.
from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Mr. Paul brings to the Board his past experience as the Vice Chairman of a large public company and Chief
Executive Officer of its dominant business. He has extensive international business knowledge, particularly
emerging markets, and expertise in financial evaluation of business plans, mergers and acquisitions and risk
scenarios. Based on these experiences, qualifications and attributes, the Board has concluded that Mr. Paul is
qualified to serve as a director.
Lawrence F. Probst III
Director since 1991, Chairman since 1994
Mr. Probst, age 61, was employed by EA from 1984 to September 2008. He has served as Chairman of the Board
since July 1994 and, from May 1991 until April 2007, also served as our Chief Executive Officer. Previously
Mr. Probst served as President from 1991 until 1998 and Senior Vice President of EA Distribution from 1987 to
1991. Mr. Probst serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Mr. Probst
holds a B.S. degree from the University of Delaware.
Mr. Probst served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer for more than fifteen years and has served as the
Chairman of the Board for nearly seventeen years. Mr. Probst contributes to the Board his deep understanding of
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