Nick Fajt

Nick Fajt is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rec Room, a cross-platform social gaming company established in 2016. Prior to launching the gaming enterprise, he spent nearly eight years working in software and game development at Microsoft, where he collaborated with future co-founder Cameron Brown. Fajt completed his higher education at Cornell University before transitioning into the consumer technology sector. Under his leadership, Rec Room secured a $1.25 billion valuation in 2021 following a $100 million funding round backed by prominent investors including Sequoia Capital and Madrona. The platform has scaled significantly across virtual reality headsets, mobile phones, and console devices, accumulating over 25 million lifetime users and experiencing a 566% revenue increase in 2020. His current professional focus centers on expanding cross-platform gaming experiences and democratizing game development through interactive user-generated content.