EB Games

EB Games
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryElectronics Stores
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977) (as Electronics Boutique)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
HeadquartersGrapevine, Texas, U.S.
As an independent company: West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania
Key people
  • Dick Fontaine (Chairman, CEO)
  • Daniel A. Dematteo (Vice-Chairman, COO)
  • David W. Carlson (CFO)
  • Steve Morgan (former President)
ProductsVideo games, computer games, optical discs, video game consoles
ParentGameStop

EB Games (formerly known as Electronics Boutique, EBX, and EB World) was an American computer and video games retailer. First established as an American company in 1977 by James Kim[1] with a single electronics-focused location in the King of Prussia mall near Philadelphia, the company later grew into an international corporation. EB Games's parent company, GameStop, has its headquarters in Grapevine, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.[2] When Electronics Boutique was an independent company, its headquarters was in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania,[3][4] near West Chester.[5][6]

The EB Games brand is defunct in the United States & Canada but still operates in Australia and New Zealand. GameStop also operates certain stores under the "EBX" brand.

  1. ^ "The World's Billionaires: #721 James Kim & family". Forbes. March 3, 2010. Net worth: $1.4 billion
  2. ^ "Contact Us Archived 2012-01-22 at the Wayback Machine." GameStop. Retrieved on August 11, 2010.
  3. ^ Moran, Sarah E. "County jobless rate worsens Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine." Daily Local News. Tuesday November 1, 2005. Retrieved on August 11, 2010.
  4. ^ "Contact." Electronic Boutique. June 11, 2004. Retrieved on August 11, 2010. "931 South Matlack St. West Chester, PA 19382."
  5. ^ "Corporate Office Positions." Electronic Boutique. June 9, 2001. Retrieved on August 11, 2010.
  6. ^ "West Goshen township, Chester County, Pennsylvania Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 11, 2010.