Jeff Kaplan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jeff Kaplan
Occupation	Game Designer
Date Of Birth	Nov 4, 1972(1972-11-04)
Age	52
Birthplace	United States
Country	United States
Horoscope	Scorpio

Jeff Kaplan Biography

Jeff Kaplan is one of the most popular and richest Game Designer who was born on November 4, 1972 in United States, United States. Game Director and Vice President at Blizzard Entertainment notable for being the game director of Overwatch. He also helped design elements of World of Warcraft.

He followed in the footsteps of Hearthstone lead director Ben Brode by making himself a public face for Blizzard.

Kaplan was born in New Jersey but raised in La Cañada Flintridge, California. Kaplan had been an avid video game player during his school years, particularly influenced by the various Infocom adventure games; however, lacking programming skills, he never thought he would be able to get a career in the video game industry. He initially pursued a degree in film, but ultimately got a degree in creative writing at the University of Southern California. After working as a writing intern for Universal Pictures, he decided to get a graduate degree for creative writing from New York University. Following this, he worked for his father’s recruiting business while performing creative writing on the side to try to get his stories published. He was unsuccessful at getting any of his creative stories published for several years, receiving over 170 rejection notices in a single year. By 2000, he decided to drop creative writing, and spent his time playing video games, as well as toying around with the level editors from games like Duke Nukem 3D and Half-Life.

Kaplan became involved in the massively multiplayer online game (MMO) Everquest. Under his online handle “Tigole”, he joined the “Legacy of Steel” guild, and became a well-recognized player for his accomplishments and his commentary about the game posted to the guild’s website. He discussed some of his map making attempts which caught the attention of the guild’s leader, Rob Pardo, who at the time was the lead designer at Blizzard for Warcraft III; Kaplan was aware that some of his guild members worked at Blizzard, but he had not recognized the importance of the company at that point. Around 2001, Pardo invited Kaplan to come visit Blizzard’s offices in Los Angeles, during which he was introduced to several other Blizzard guild members, and they showed him the yet-unannounced MMO World of Warcraft (WoW) project they had been working on. Several similar meetings happened over the next few months. Later, after World of Warcraft was announced, Pardo suggested that Kaplan apply for a recently-posted job for a WoW quest designer there; Kaplan realized that the job description was tailor-made for his background, and that his previous visit to Blizzard had been an informal job interview. Kaplan applied and was hired into Blizzard by May 2002.

He was an employee of his father’s recruiting business after graduate school.

Jeff Kaplan Net Worth

Jeff Kaplan is one of the richest Game Designer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeff Kaplan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He earned a degree in creative writing from the University of Southern California after initially pursuing a degree in film. He was a writing intern for Universal Pictures before heading back to school to get a graduate degree in creative writing from New York University.

He joined the “Legacy of Steel” guild under the online handle of “Tigole” for the video game Everquest.

Jeffrey Kaplan (born November 4, 1972) is an American video game designer who is vice president of Blizzard Entertainment. He designed elements of World of Warcraft and is the lead designer on Overwatch.

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Who is Jeff Kaplan Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Jeff Ranked on the list of most popular Game Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jeff Kaplan celebrates birthday on November 4 of every year.

Will Jeff Kaplan return to Blizzard?

No. He moved on and won’t be coming back. I heard he may be over at the new game studio that’s owned by previous blizzard employees. A sinking ship is still a sinking ship, regardless of who the captain is.

Is Jeff Kaplan still at Blizzard?

The company did share a “personal note” from Jeff in which the legendary game director wrote the following: “I am leaving Blizzard Entertainment after 19 amazing years. it was truly the honor of a lifetime to have the opportunity to create worlds and heroes for such a passionate audience.

When did Jeff Kaplan leave blizzard?

— On Tuesday, April 20 Jeff Kaplan announced his departure from Blizzard via a blog post on the Overwatch website. The news came as a shock, as Kaplan has served as the face of Overwatch since the game’s launch in May 2016.

How old is Jeff Kaplan?

49 years (November 4, 1972)

Who was the head of Overwatch?

Now, after another prolonged period of silence, Overwatch game director Aaron Keller has shared a new video message, essentially apologising to players and admitting the team had let the game’s community down.