Michael Gluck (born March 8, 1983) is the founder of VGM,^[1] a market research firm and the largest provider of custom research to the video game industry.^[2]

In 2007, at the age of 24, Michael started VGM with $5,000 in savings and grew the company to $20,000,000 in lifetime sales by the age of 30.^[3] As of 2017, VGM had serviced more than 50 video game companies, as well as industry leaders in entertainment, media, and technology.^[4]

As a college student, Gluck performed piano concerts and released an album under the stage name “Piano Squall” to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, in support of a cure for the disease that took his grandmother’s life.^[5]

In 2013, Gluck co-founded and produced a video game music band^[6] that is currently on tour in the United States, Australia, and the Middle East. ^{[citation needed]}

Gluck studied business at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in the class of 2005.^[7]

Gluck was born in Miami, Florida. He enjoys piano, tennis, and chess. ^{[citation needed]}