GDC Festival of Gaming is part of the Informa Festivals Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Matthew BallCEO & Managing PartnerEpyllion

Matthew Ball is the Managing Partner of Epyllion, an investment, investment advisory, and strategic advisory firm, as well as a Senior Advisor to KKR, Venture Partner at Makers Fund, Co-Founder of the Roundhill Ball Metaverse ETF (NYSE:METV), and an Occasional Contributor to The Economist. Ball’s 2022 book, The Metaverse, was a national bestseller in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and China, named one of the Best Books of the Year by Barnes & Noble, Hudson News, The Guardian, Fast Company, Politico, and Xinhua News Agency, and blurbed by the CEOs of Epic Games, Meta, Microsoft Gaming, Netflix, Sony, and Unity. Ball was previously the global Head of Strategy for Amazon Studios, a Senior Advisor to McKinsey, Director at The Chernin Group’s Otter Media, and an Executive at Accenture. He began his career as a full-time wildfire fighter.

Presenting: