Games for the Globe was founded by Ethan Schneider. At the age fifteen, Ethan came up with the idea for Games for the Globe when he realized how wasteful it was to have perfectly functioning video games and consoles just sitting around the house because he either outgrew them or they were now digitized. This is when he came up with the idea of giving his games to other kids around the world so that they could enjoy them just as he once did.