Voodoo (company)
video game company
Voodoo SAS (also referred to as Voodoo.io) is a French developer and publisher of mobile apps and games based in Paris. The company was founded in 2013 by Alexandre Yazdi and Laurent Ritter. Voodoo's games began predominantly as free-to-play "hyper-casual games", which they helped popularize. Since then, the company has shifted to developing and publishing casual games and apps. Led by Alexandre Yazdi and Gabriel Rivaud, Voodoo’s games and apps have surpassed 7 billion downloads as of 2024. The company has been criticised for cloning other games.
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Background and early years (2013–2017)
Voodoo was founded in 2013 by Alexandre Yazdi and Laurent Ritter. They had been friends since high school and had previously founded Studio Cadet in 2012, a services company for websites and mobile applications. Yazdi became the chief executive officer of Voodoo, while Gabriel Rivaud acted as the vice-president of games. According to Rivaud, the company was in turmoil for its first four years in operation and opted to change its business strategy thereafter.
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