Joost is considered “the top academic in the $160 billion video games industry.”He teaches on the business of video games at New York University’s Stern School of Business and is author of One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games.

Following the successful exit of SuperData Research, a games data provider he co-founded and led as its CEO, Joost currently serves as a board advisor to a portfolio of publicly traded firms and startups in gaming. He is also an active investor with a focus on female-led, diverse teams in creative and tech-related industries.

Joost is a widely read columnist, speaker, and thought leader, and publishes a weekly newsletter on gaming, tech, and entertainment called SuperJoost Playlist. He received a MA from the University of Amsterdam and a PhD from Columbia University. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Janelle, son Max, and daughter Summer.