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Todd Hollenshead is the former President an CEO of id Software. In addition to his software work, he was known in the gaming community for his long hair and his role as "MC" at Quakecon, a LAN party and gaming convention in Dallas, Texas.
Hollenshead formerly worked as a tax consultant at Arthur Andersen, later joining id Software in 1996. He stayed on as President of id after it was acquired by ZeniMax in 2009, but left the company in 2013.