Mark Pincus
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Mark Jonathan Pincus (born February 13, 1966)[3] is an American Internet entrepreneur known as the founder of Zynga, a mobile social gaming company. Pincus also founded the startups Freeloader, Inc., Tribe Networks, and Support.com.[4] Pincus served as the CEO of Zynga until July 2013, then again from 2015 to 2016.[5]
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Born | (1966-02-13) February 13, 1966 (age 58) |
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Alison Gelb
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Children | 3 |
Pincus was named 2009 "CEO of the Year"[6] at The Crunchies technology awards[7] and a year later was named Founder of the Year at the 2010 ceremony.[8] Zynga is considered to be the pioneer of the social gaming industry.[9] In 2011, Zynga went public with a $1 billion IPO.[10] Pincus co-founded Reinvent Capital in 2018, an investment firm, with Reid Hoffman and hedge fund manager Michael Thompson.[11][12] He co-created the Stanford Graduate School of Business course on Product Management with Professor Amir Goldberg.[13]