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Trevor Chan

Video game developer

Trevor Chan is a Hong Kong-based video game designer and CEO of Enlight Software. He is best known for designing the Capitalism series of business simulation games, the Seven Kingdoms series of real-time strategy games, the Restaurant Empire series, and the Hotel Giant series.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Trevor Chan (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Career

Occupation: chief executive officer, game designer, engineer.5

Chan began his game development career in the early 1990s while working as a programming consultant on an airline sales system. He released a strategy game simulating competition between program managers at a television station, which led to his development of the original Capitalism in 1995.

Inspired by the empire-building elements of Sid Meier's Civilization, Chan adapted them into a real-time format for Seven Kingdoms, released in 1997. He designed and produced sequels for both series and continued expanding his portfolio with business simulations like Hotel Giant in 2002 and Restaurant Empire in 2003.

In 2004, Chan designed and produced Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc, a hybrid of third-person action and real-time strategy gameplay set during the Hundred Years' War, in which players command troops as Joan of Arc in large-scale medieval battles.

As of 2025, he continues to support and update Capitalism Lab, the latest entry in the Capitalism series, with ongoing DLC releases.

From Wikipedia’s article on Trevor Chan (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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