Take-Two Interactive
American publisher, developer and distributor of video games
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (sometimes shortened to Take 2 Interactive or T2) is an American video game holding company based in New York City co-founded by Ryan Brant and Mark E. Seremet in September 1993.
The company owns three major publishing labels: Rockstar Games, 2K and Zynga, which operate internal game development studios. Take-Two created the Private Division label to support publishing from independent developers, though it sold the label in 2024 to private equity. The company also formed Ghost Story Games which was a former 2K studio under the name Irrational Games. The company acquired the developers Socialpoint, Playdots and Nordeus to establish itself in the mobile game market. The company also owns 50% of professional esports organization NBA 2K League through NBA Take-Two Media. Take-Two's combined portfolio includes franchises such as BioShock, Borderlands, Civilization, Grand Theft Auto, Mafia, NBA 2K, WWE 2K, and Red Dead among others.
As of April 2025, it is one of the largest publicly traded game companies globally with an estimated market cap of US$41 billion.
History
1993–2000: Formation and initial growth
Take-Two Interactive was founded by Ryan Ashley Brant (1971–2019), the son of media executive and Interview co-owner Peter Brant, and Mark E. Seremet, the former founder of Paragon Software.
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