Who Are the Founders of Axie Infinity?
Axie Infinity was created in 2018 by Sky Mavis — a technology-focused game developer with a team primarily based in Vietnam. It was co-founded by Trung Nguyen and Aleksander Lars en.
Trung Nguyen is the current CEO of the platform. Nguyen graduated with a BS in computer software engineering, and worked as a software engineer at Anduin Transactions prior to founding Axie Infinity.
Former competitive gamer Aleksander Lars en is also credited as a co-founder and COO of the platform. Lars en has been working in blockchain gaming since 2017. He previously worked as the executive security officer for the Norwegian Government Security Organization and still sits as Secretary of the Board of Directors at the Blockchain Game Alliance.
In total, the Axie Infinity team consists of 25 full-time employees — many of whom have experience with game development.