Philip E. Orbanes
Entrepreneur and Historian

Monopoly:
America's Game
Da Capo, 2006

The Game Makers:
The Story of Parker Brothers
Harvard Business School Press, 2003

Publications

• Harvard Business Review, March 2002, "Everything I Know About Business I Learned from Playing MONOPOLY®"
• Rook In a Book, the 1998 guide to Parker Brothers best selling card game
• The MONOPOLY Companion, published continually since 1987
• "Winning MONOPOLY Strategies," The Bottom Line, 1987

Business Bio

• 34 years of experience in the toy and game industry.
• Started his own game company while a senior in high school in 1965. Sold his firm ("Gamescience Corp.") to a New York-based toy company before graduating college. Ran the games division of this firm after graduation.
• Director of the games division of Ideal Toy Corp from 1976 - 79 (the nation's second largest toy and game company at the time).
• Joined the nation's best-known game company, Parker Brothers, in 1979 and soon became Senior Vice President of Research and Development.
• Launched Parker Brothers into the video age and rejuvenated their traditional games, including brand extensions for MONOPOLY® and CLUE®.
• Known as the world's leading expert on the game of MONOPOLY. Served as Chief Judge for US and World MONOPOLY Tournaments for 15 years.
• Co-founder of Winning Moves Games, Inc. in 1995.
• Serves as its president. Winning Moves specializes in relaunching classic games from the Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley archives, as well as promising new games.