“I finally managed to get out a few months back and messaged Richard to see if we could grab a coffee. “He was an enthusiast and cheerleader like no other and I always tried to see him every time I was in the Pacific North West,” said Chris. The VIS team was welcomed to Richard’s home and Chris and Richard remained friends over the over. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.Ĭhris van der Kuyl first met Richard in he early 1990s when he headed a party from Dundee-based VIS entertainment to Seattle to meet Microsoft executives.Īt that time, Chris knew he was from Scotland but was surprised to hear Richard discuss his Broughty Ferry roots and they struck up a great rapport. In the early 1990s, Richard interviewed and hired Satya Nadella, who is the current chief executive officer of Microsoft. The following year he started his decade-long spell at Microsoft where he ran the CD-ROM business and products like Encarta, and started consumer services such as CarPoint and Sidewalk. He graduated from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, with an honours degree in computer science before moving to the US in 1987 to study for an MBA at Dartmouth. Richard began his schooling at Forthill Primary School, Broughty Ferry, before his family moved to the Helensburgh area. In recent years he was a partner in venture capital firm, Valor. He then ran a number of start-ups before becoming vice-president and entrepreneur in residence at Starbucks. Richard had already spent 10 years in the upper echelons of Microsoft in Seattle when he launched the game.įor the next 10 years, Richard and Whit ran the Cranium business before selling to Hasbro for $77.5 million in 2008. Chris van der Kuyl paid tribute to Richard Tait. It became an instant best seller and was the first non-coffee product stocked by Starbucks.ĭundee technology entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl, a friend of Richard, described him as an inspiration who maintained strong links with Scotland. He launched the game in 1998 with business partner Whit Alexander. Richard Tait, the Broughty Ferry-born inventor of the Cranium board game has died aged 58. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Information An icon of an information logo. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across.