Shukri Shammas

Shukri Shammas General Information

Description

Mr. Shukri Shammas is a Co-Founder and serves as Director at Summix. Mr. Shammas is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Initial Capital. He is an entrepreneur with a passion for games, technology, finance and property. He is Partner and Co-Founder of Initial Capital and serves on both the Investment Committee and the board of the General Partner. He is also Partner and Co-Founder of property development firm Summix. Previously, he was Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Co-Founder of Playfish, a leading developer of social games, up to the company's acquisition by Electronic Arts in November 2009. Before Playfish, he was Managing Director and Co-Founder of Macrospace which merged with Sorrent to become Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU), a global publisher of mobile games. Prior to Macrospace, he was Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Domainia, an Internet services provider, after starting his career at accounting firm Westbury Schotness. He holds current or former board roles on behalf of Initial Capital: Armada, Dazzle Rocks, Divido, Grey Area, Jist, Ministry of Games, Nexmo, OWLR, Peak, Quikkly, Superbitmachine, Supercell, Supersolid, Traplight Games. He serverd as Board Member at Another Place. He served as the Board Member at miDrive. He holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the American College, London. He served as a Board Member at BravoCo, Bricklane, and Gamee.