Welcome to How Leaders Lead where every week you get to listen in while I interview some of the very best leaders in the world.

I break down the key learnings so that by the end of the episode, you'll have something simple you can apply as you develop into a better leader.

That's what this podcast is all about.

My guest today is Walter Driver,

the co-CEO of Scoply, one of the fastest growing mobile first video game companies in the world.

In April, 2023, they launched Monopoly Go, which has become the most downloaded game in the United States.

They doubled their revenue and then they were recently acquired for almost $5 billion.

Now, if you're like me, you hear numbers like that and you've got to think, what in the heck are they doing to drive that kind of success?

Where you're going to hear for yourself in this conversation.

But Walter says one particular phrase that I just love, and I think it's a big factor in their

success. In his words, he's not just building a company. He's building a learning machine,

a work environment where people can iterate quickly, see what's working and what's not,

and use that knowledge to get better. If you want to see how to build that kind of culture,

keep listening. Here's my conversation with my good friend and soon to be yours, Walter Driver.

Walter, you founded Scopely in 2011, and recently you were named Mobile Game Maker of the

year for the eighth year in a row. Give us a snapshot of the business you have today.

Yeah, we're one of the largest video game companies in the Western world.

We have, you know, over 100 million people playing our games.

And that's across a diverse portfolio products, products like Monopoly Go,

Stumble Guys, Marvel Strike Force, and Star Trek Fleet Command.

So very different kinds of experiences that appeal to different kinds of players.

And we try and create experiences that are going to matter a lot to players over a long time period.

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