Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Board
Robert Antokol co-founded Playtika in 2010 and has served as our Chief Executive Officer since our founding and as our Chairperson of the Board since June 2020. Mr. Antokol has overseen the expansion of our games portfolio, the successful transition to mobile, and an employee base that grew from less than 50 to more than 3,700 employees. In 2011, only 13 months after founding Playtika, he successfully oversaw the sale of Playtika to Caesar’s Interactive Entertainment (CIE), and in 2016, Mr. Antokol oversaw the sale of Playtika from CIE to a consortium of investors led by Giant. Mr. Antokol also serves on the board of directors of several private companies. Mr. Antokol received his Practical Engineering degree from Ort Braude College.
Director
Marc Beilinson has served as a member of our board of directors since June 2020. Mr. Beilinson is the chairperson of our Audit Committee and also serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Since 2013, he has served as a director of Athene Holding Ltd., a retirement services company, where he also serves as the lead independent director, the chair of its compensation committee and a member of its conflicts committee and legal and regulatory committee. Since August 2011, Mr. Beilinson has been the Managing Partner of Beilinson Advisory Group, a financial restructuring and hospitality advisory group that specializes in assisting distressed companies. Mr. Beilinson currently serves on the boards of directors of Exela Technologies, 24 Holdings II, LLC, Mallinckrodt, LLC, MMR Advisory Holdings, LLC, Rentpath Holdings, Inc. and KB US, Inc, as well as the audit committee of Exela Technologies. Mr. Beilinson has previously served on the boards of directors and/or audit committees of a number of public and privately held companies, including, but not limited to, Westinghouse Electric, CAC, Wyndham International, Inc., Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., Innkeepers USA Trust, Gastar Inc., Acosta, Inc., American Tire, Haggen Stores and Monitronics. Mr. Beilinson has a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Juris Doctor from the University of California Davis Law School.
Director
Tian Lin has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2016. Mr. Lin was appointed to our board of directors in connection with the Giant Acquisition. Mr. Lin served as a managing director of M31 Capital, a multi-strategy investment platform based in China. Mr. Lin has extensive experience in the technology and online gaming industries, having previously served as the head of investment at Giant Network Group Co., Ltd. and led Giant’s acquisition of Playtika in 2016. Mr. Lin received his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon and his M.B.A. from Peking University.
Director
Bing Yuan has served as a member of our board of directors since June 2020 and is our Lead Independent Director. Mr. Yuan is the chairperson of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and also serves on our Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Mr. Yuan also currently serves as a director for Haichang Ocean Park Holdings Ltd and PizzaExpress. Additionally, Mr. Yuan is a managing director and the Chief Operating Officer of Hony Capital, responsible for its equity investment operations. Mr. Yuan joined Hony Capital in April 2009 and has served as a managing director of the private equity department since January 2010. Prior to joining Hony Capital, Mr. Yuan served as a managing director of the direct investment department of Morgan Stanley Asia Limited from 2008 to 2009. Mr. Yuan received his bachelor’s degree in English from Nanjing University and received his master’s degree in international relations and his Juris Doctor from Yale University.
Director
Hong Du has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2022 and also serves on our Compensation Committee. Since February 2013, Hong Du has served as SINA’s Co-President and Chief Operating Officer. Hong Du joined SINA in November 1999 and worked in Business Development until April 2004. From May 2004 to January 2005, Hong Du served as Deputy General Manager of 1Pai.com, a joint venture between SINA and Yahoo! Hong Du rejoined SINA in January 2005 and served as the General Manager of Sales Strategy from January 2005 to March 2005, General Manager of Sales from April 2005 to August 2005, Vice President of Sales from September 2005 to February 2007, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing from February 2007 to February 2008, and Chief Operating officer from February 2008 to February 2013. Hong Du has served as Weibo’s director since January 2014. Hong Du holds a B.S. in Applied Chemistry from Harbin Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Business Administration from Lincoln University.
Director
Dana has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2022 and also serves on our Audit Committee. Dana Gross currently serves as COO of Prospera Technologies an Israeli AI company, which was acquired by Valmont Industries in 2021. Prior to joining Prospera Technologies, Gross was Chief Financial Officer of the fintech company eToro, and served on the boards of Tower Semiconductors Ltd., M-Systems, AudioCodes, and was a venture partner at one of Israel's leading venture capital fund, Viola Ventures. Dana has also held various executive management positions at M-Systems from 1992 to 2006, when it was ultimately acquired by SanDisk. Dana graduated Cum Laude from Tel Aviv University with a BSc in Industrial Engineering and received her MBA from San Jose State University California.