Richard Garriott Net Worth, Income, Salary, Earnings, Biography

Garriott de Cayeux (born Richard Allen Garriott on July 4, 1961) is a video game developer and entrepreneur who has worked on a variety of projects. As Lord British in Ultima and General British in Tabula Rasa, he is also known by the aliases he has taken on. Garriott is a well-known personality in the video game industry. He began his career as a game designer and programmer, and he currently works in a variety of capacities in the computer game development and business sectors. To visit the International Space Station as a self-funded tourist, Garriott flew to the station on Soyuz TMA-13 on October 12, 2008, and returned to Earth 12 days later aboard Soyuz TMA-12. 

With his journey, he became just the second person in history, and the first American, to go into space as a second-generation space traveller. In 2009, Garriott established a new video game production business, Portalarium, with his partner. His latest project, Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, is a role-playing game in which he serves primarily as Creative Director. After getting married and changing his name to Richard Garriott de Cayeux in 2011, he became known as Richard Garriott de Cayeux. Kinga, the couple’s first child, was born on June 30, 2012, to Richard and his wife Laetitia.

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