Alexandre Yazdi

CEO, Voodoo.io

Alexandre Yazdi, CEO of Voodoo.io

Alexandre Yazdi co-founded Voodoo in 2013 with Laurent Ritter, and has grown the business to become one of the pioneers of the hyper-casual genre within mobile gaming and since diversified in other segments (casual, hybrid casual, consumer apps).

Some of Voodoo’s biggest big hits include Helix Jump and Mob Control. The company has raised minority funding from Goldman Sachs (2018), Tencent (2020) and most recently Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (2021), valuing the business at over $2bn.

Voodoo’s apps have been downloaded over 7bn times. Voodoo has grown from a small studio in Paris to a team of over 800 people