Mark Rein (executive)

Mark Rein
Mark Rein
	Rein at the 2012 Develop Conference in Brighton , UK
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Title	Vice president of Epic Games

Mark A. Rein is a Canadian entrepreneur and the vice president of video game and software development company Epic Games . ^[1]^[2]^[3] He is also a co-owner of the NHL 's Carolina Hurricanes . ^[4]

Rein often gives assessments of the progress of his company and gives a monthly update in the magazine Game Developer where he also provides a updates on the state of the Unreal Engine . He resides in Raleigh, North Carolina , though he was raised in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . ^[5]

Career [ edit ]

Rein first got involved in the video game industry when he got in touch with John Romero , who at that time worked for id Software . Since Rein was a fan of the previous Commander Keen games, Romero got him to playtest the then under development Commander Keen 4 . Rein was then brought in to handle the business side of id as its "probationary president".

He then negotiated a deal with FormGen to publish a retail Commander Keen game, Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Babysitter . This business relationship with id lasted until Spear of Destiny (which again, he negotiated as a retail version of Wolfenstein 3D ). During the development of Wolfenstein 3D , he was later let go from id after a difference of opinion with the rest of the staff. He was also later joined at Epic by Jay Wilbur, id's ex-business manager, and Rein's involvement in id did mean that he was briefly mentioned in the book Masters of Doom . ^[6]

References [ edit ]

^ Chidley, Joe (17 February 1997). "Intel Unveils New MMX Pentium Chip" . Maclean's . The Canadian Encyclopedia . Archived from the original on 22 December 2014 . Retrieved 22 December 2014 .
^ Kohler, Chris (5 February 2007). "Interview: Epic's Mark Rein" . Wired . Conde Nast . Archived from the original on 22 December 2014 . Retrieved 22 December 2014 .
^ Stuart, Keith (30 January 2008). "The Mark Rein interview" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 23 October 2014 . Retrieved 22 December 2014 .
^ Makuch, Eddie (28 February 2013). "Epic Games co-founder buys stake in NHL team" . GameSpot . CBS Interactive . Archived from the original on 30 December 2017 . Retrieved 27 December 2014 .
^ Preston, Ken (28 February 2014). "Hurricanes Welcome New Investors. Mark and Tara Rein, Chuck Hammel join Peter Karmanos Jr.'s ownership group" . Carolina Hurricanes . Archived from the original on 27 December 2014 . Retrieved 27 December 2014 .
^ Kushner, David (2003). Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture . United States : Random House . ISBN 978-1-58836-289-6 . Archived from the original on 17 April 2016 . Retrieved 22 December 2014 .

External links [ edit ]

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[1] Chidley, Joe (17 February 1997). "Intel Unveils New MMX Pentium Chip" . Maclean's . The Canadian Encyclopedia . Archived from the original on 22 December 2014 . Retrieved 22 December 2014 .

[2] Kohler, Chris (5 February 2007). "Interview: Epic's Mark Rein" . Wired . Conde Nast . Archived from the original on 22 December 2014 . Retrieved 22 December 2014 .

[3] Stuart, Keith (30 January 2008). "The Mark Rein interview" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 23 October 2014 . Retrieved 22 December 2014 .

[4] Makuch, Eddie (28 February 2013). "Epic Games co-founder buys stake in NHL team" . GameSpot . CBS Interactive . Archived from the original on 30 December 2017 . Retrieved 27 December 2014 .

[5] Preston, Ken (28 February 2014). "Hurricanes Welcome New Investors. Mark and Tara Rein, Chuck Hammel join Peter Karmanos Jr.'s ownership group" . Carolina Hurricanes . Archived from the original on 27 December 2014 . Retrieved 27 December 2014 .

[6] Kushner, David (2003). Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture . United States : Random House . ISBN 978-1-58836-289-6 . Archived from the original on 17 April 2016 . Retrieved 22 December 2014 .

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