# Josh Resnick

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{{short description|American video game producer}}
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'''Josh Resnick''' is an American [video game producer](/source/video_game_producer).<ref>{{cite news |last=Weber |first=Harrison |date=August 23, 2021 |title=Here Are LA's Top Angel Investors, According to Their Peers |website=dot.LA |url=https://dot.la/top-angel-investors-los-angeles-2654688330/rosie-o-neill |access-date=September 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cifaldi |first=Frank |date=December 1, 2011 |title=What Happened To Pandemic? Former President Explains |website=[Game Developer](/source/Game_Developer_(website)) |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/what-happened-to-pandemic-former-president-explains |access-date=September 5, 2021}}</ref>

==Education==
Resnick received a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) from [Pomona College](/source/Pomona_College) in 1989 and a [Master of Business Administration](/source/Master_of_Business_Administration) from the [Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania](/source/Wharton_School_of_the_University_of_Pennsylvania) in 1993.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rogers |first=Adam |title=The Book in the Xbox |url=http://www.pomona.edu/magazine/PCMFL09/PCMfall09.pdf |url-status=dead |magazine=Pomona College Magazine |issue=Fall 2009 |page=20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527231102/http://www.pomona.edu/magazine/PCMFL09/PCMfall09.pdf |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |access-date=May 21, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=March 30, 2006 |title=Panel discussion led by Marketing Professor Pete Fader. Panel included Larry Tanz, WG '99; Nick Franklin, WG '96; Mark Pearson, WG '00; Josh Resnick, WG '93 |url=http://www.whartonsocal.com/images.html?view_album=6&view_image=true&offset=11&count=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718035052/http://www.whartonsocal.com/images.html?view_album=6&view_image=true&offset=11&count=1 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |access-date=May 21, 2010 |website=Wharton Club of Southern California}}</ref>

== Career ==
Resnick spent four years at [Activision](/source/Activision).<ref>{{cite news |last=Fritz |first=Ben |date=November 18, 2009 |title=EA to close game maker it bought in '07 |website=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-pandemic18-2009nov18,0,7295227.story |accessdate=May 21, 2010}}</ref> He was the co-founder and president of [video game development](/source/video_game_development) studio [Pandemic Studios](/source/Pandemic_Studios), which was bought by [Electronic Arts](/source/Electronic_Arts) in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |last=Thorsen |first=Tor |date=October 11, 2007 |title=EA buying BioWare/Pandemic for $860M |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-buying-bioware-pandemic-for-860m/1100-6180818/ |access-date=March 1, 2017 |website=[GameSpot](/source/GameSpot)}}</ref> In 2012, Resnick and his fiancé Rosie O'Neill co-founded Sugarfina, a luxury candy boutique, with Resnick becoming its [chief executive officer](/source/chief_executive_officer).<ref>{{cite web |last=White |first=Ronald D. |date=June 24, 2018 |title=How I Made It: She left toyland for candyland, finding a sweet spot with Sugarfina |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-himi-sugarfina-oneill-20180624-htmlstory.html |access-date=December 24, 2019 |website=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 8, 2018 |title=The Sweet Life {{!}} Rosie O'Neill of Sugarfina |url=https://www.mind-mag.com/retail/the-sweet-life-rosie-oneill-of-sugarfina/ |access-date=December 25, 2019 |website=Mind}}</ref>

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