Clark Stacey


Clark Stacey is the co-founder and chief executive officer of WildWorks, which in 2010 launched the National Geographic Animal Jam, a massively multiplayer online virtual world, in partnership with the National Geographic Society. The game has around 75 million registered players, and is one of the fastest-growing online children's properties worldwide, targeted at the 9–11 years age group.

Early life and career

Stacey was born and brought up in Ogden, Utah. After graduating in English and philosophy from the University of Utah, Stacey became an academician. In 1992, in consequence of his long-standing interest in the field, Stacey eventually turned to video game development. In 1995, he joined the start-up Beyond Games, founded by Kris Johnson. Subsequently, Stacey became the chief executive officer of Cobalt Interactive, a company specializing in interactive advertising through gaming.
In 2003, Stacey teamed up with Kris Johnson again and co-founded Smart Bomb Interactive, which specialized as a game development studio and earned revenues through a licensing model. During these years, video games exemplifying explosions and destruction became the leitmotifs of Stacey's video game productions. Stacey and Johnson subsequently rechristened the company as WildWorks. Based out of Salt Lake City and employing around 130 video game developers as of 2016, Stacey and Johnson went on to develop highly followed games like National Geographic Animal Jam, Snoopy Flying Ace, Tunnel Town and others.