Julie Uhrman
Julie Uhrman is an American businesswoman who is president and co-founder of Angel City FC, a National Women's Soccer League team based in Los Angeles, California. She was previously an executive at Playboy Enterprises, Lionsgate Entertainment, IGN, and Vivendi Entertainment, and founded the now-defunct video game console company Ouya.
Life and career
Uhrman and her twin sister Amy Longhi were born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She has two children, Charlie and Elle.Ouya
In 2012 Uhrman founded video gaming console maker Ouya, Inc., and was its CEO until 2015. The platform was heralded to revolutionize the game industry with its microconsole. It had a successful Kickstarter campaign, having received $8,596,474 and garnered much hope and goodwill from the gaming community to try and get more games on the television.Despite a loyal and hopeful fanbase, many critics became skeptical of Ouya's ability to deliver on its goals of getting more players to play games on the television, with each of Uhrman's subsequent public appearances and interviews to promote the company and get more games on the television.
After launch, Ouya became a commercial failure. The console was critically panned and derided for its low quality, poor design, and lack of proper gaming content.
After the controversy, Ouya failed to re-negotiate its debt with investors and its content library was sold to Razer Inc., where the console's hardware was soon discontinued.