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Leo Olebe
Global Tech Executive | Board Director | Former VP Global Partnerships, Xbox | Ex-Global Head of Gaming, YouTube | Ex-Google Play, Meta & Disney | Chair, Games for Change
Few leaders have built billion-dollar businesses for trillion-dollar companies the way Leo Olebe has. Across Microsoft, Google, YouTube, Meta and Disney, he has scaled platforms to hundreds of millions of users and shipped more than 100 titles across Star Wars, Marvel, Disney and The Matrix. Today a board director, venture partner and Chair of Games for Change, he gives audiences a clear playbook for leadership, AI and the next era of global digital culture.
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Leo Olebe biography
Leo Olebe has spent more than 25 years building and scaling billion-dollar businesses at the world’s most influential technology and media companies, including Microsoft, Google, YouTube, Meta and Disney. Born in Nairobi and based in the Bay Area, he has become one of the most globally connected operators in the technology and gaming industries, with leadership credibility that spans platforms, content, AI and the boardroom.
Technology speaker Leo Olebe is best known as a builder of global platforms. As Vice President of Global Partnerships at Xbox, he led a 100-person worldwide team and deployed more than $1 billion to power the digital transformation of a 500-million-user ecosystem. As Global Head of Gaming at YouTube, he grew the platform to 500 million daily viewers, 120 billion hours watched and 2 trillion annual views. As Managing Director of Global Games at Google Play, he led the $30 billion+ Android gaming business and launched Google Play Games for PC. Across his career he has shipped more than 100 titles tied to iconic franchises including Star Wars, Marvel, Disney and The Matrix, generating over $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue.
From Operator to Board Director and AI-Era Strategist
Today, Leo serves as Independent Director of OnMobile Global Ltd. (NSE: ONMOBILE), a publicly listed mobile entertainment company operating in more than 60 countries; Venture Partner at Griffin Gaming Partners, a fund with over $1.5 billion in assets under management; and President and Co-Founder of a mobile gaming studio building the next generation of global hits. He chairs Games for Change, serves on the boards of Maestro Media and The Strong National Museum of Play, and is a Trustee of Occidental College.
He holds an MBA from USC Marshall, a BA from Occidental College, and an AI Strategy certification from MIT CSAIL. A sought-after voice on the future of technology, AI governance and global digital culture, Leo has presented at GDC, the United Nations SDG Summit, Games for Change and CNN, and has published in WIRED.
As a speaker, Leo Olebe gives senior audiences a rare 360-degree view of modern technology leadership: how to operate at platform scale, govern in the exponential AI era, and build for the next billion users emerging from Africa and other high-growth regions. Attendees leave with practical frameworks for leading through the AI reset, designing global growth strategies, and harnessing play, culture and community as drivers of long-term commercial and societal value.
Leo Olebe Speaking Videos
Leo Olebe Keynote Speech at #G4C2023
Keynote | Working Together to Build a Better Tomorrow
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A signature talk drawing on 25+ years inside Microsoft, Google, YouTube, Meta and Disney. Leo shares the decisions, mistakes and turning points behind building billion-dollar businesses for trillion-dollar companies, and the leadership principles that travel across cultures, products and eras. A masterclass for executives navigating complexity, scale and rapid change.
Featured at GDC 2026, this talk reframes gaming as one of the most powerful diplomatic forces of our time. Leo shows how play connects economies, generations and cultures, and how leaders in business, media and policy can harness interactive entertainment as a tool for cooperation, soft power and shared human progress.
Drawing on his work scaling Xbox, YouTube Gaming and Google Play to hundreds of millions of users (and featured at GDC 2025), Leo lays out the operating playbook for global platform growth. He covers product, partnerships, monetization and culture, and reveals what senior leaders most often get wrong when expanding beyond their home market.
A high-conviction perspective on how organizations must transform in the AI era, from agentic workflows on the frontline to board-level governance. Grounded in his MIT CSAIL AI strategy training and operating experience at the largest tech companies in the world, Leo helps leaders move from AI experimentation to true enterprise reinvention.
Born in Nairobi and shaped by a global career, Leo argues that the next era of digital culture will be written in Africa and other high-growth regions. He explores demographic shifts, AI-enabled creation, mobile-first behavior and the implications for platforms, brands, investors and policymakers preparing for a fundamentally different consumer landscape.
A focused talk for directors, executives and investors. Drawing on his work as Independent Director of a public company and venture partner at a $1.5B+ AUM fund, Leo offers practical governance frameworks for boards overseeing companies operating at AI speed, where risk, opportunity and reputational stakes are moving faster than traditional oversight models can handle.
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FAQs on Booking Leo Olebe
Why Leo Olebe?
Booking Leo Olebe is a strategic decision for any event focused on the future of technology, AI, leadership and global growth. With more than 25 years of senior leadership at Microsoft, Google, YouTube, Meta and Disney, Leo has built billion-dollar businesses for trillion-dollar companies and scaled platforms to hundreds of millions of users. He combines operator-level depth with a board director's perspective, advising public companies, venture funds and a mobile gaming studio he co-founded. His insights on AI, governance, global digital culture and the next billion users make him an exceptional choice for events on technology, innovation, leadership, gaming, media and the broader future of business.
What is Leo Olebe known for at Xbox, YouTube and Google?
As Vice President of Global Partnerships at Xbox, Leo Olebe led a 100-person global team and deployed more than $1 billion to power the digital transformation of a 500-million-user ecosystem. As Global Head of Gaming at YouTube, he grew the platform to 500 million daily viewers, 120 billion hours watched and 2 trillion annual views. As Managing Director of Global Games at Google Play, he ran the $30 billion+ Android gaming business and launched Google Play Games for PC. Across his career he has shipped over 100 titles tied to franchises such as Star Wars, Marvel, Disney and The Matrix.
What boards and ventures is Leo Olebe involved with?
Leo Olebe is Independent Director of OnMobile Global Ltd. (NSE: ONMOBILE), a publicly listed mobile entertainment company operating in over 60 countries; Venture Partner at Griffin Gaming Partners, a fund with more than $1.5 billion in assets under management; and President and Co-Founder of a new mobile gaming studio. He chairs Games for Change, serves on the boards of Maestro Media and The Strong National Museum of Play, and is a Trustee of Occidental College.
What topics does keynote speaker Leo Olebe cover?
Leo Olebe speaks on leadership lessons from a career at the top of global tech, games as diplomacy, scaling platforms to global audiences, leading the AI-native enterprise, the next billion players emerging from Africa, and governance frameworks for boards operating at AI speed. His talks resonate with audiences in technology, gaming, media, innovation, leadership and global affairs. To book Leo Olebe for your next keynote, fireside chat, moderated Q&A or panel, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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