Digital entertainment services company RealNetworks has appointed John Barbour as President of its games division. Barbour joins Real after more than 20 years of success in consumer entertainment businesses, particularly in toys and games.
Most recently, Barbour was President of Toys "R" Us' $5.5 billion U.S. operations and was a key member of the executive team that sold the company to Bain Capital, KKR and Vornado. Over a seven-year period, Barbour led the successful turn-around of the Toys "R" Us U.S. and International divisions. Prior to that, Barbour built and ran toysrus.com and led the rapid growth of the business.
Prior to joining Toys "R" Us, Barbour was a senior exec at Hasbro and a successful entrepreneur at OddzOn where he led the company through its acquisition by Hasbro.
