Mark Pincus
Founder of Zynga, maker of FarmVille and Words with Friends; partner at Reinvent Capital.
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- Mark Pincus is an American internet entrepreneur who says he has founded ten companies.
- He founded Zynga in July 2007 and was its CEO from 2007 to 2013 and again from 2015 to 2016.
- Zynga's games included FarmVille, CityVille and Words with Friends.
- He co-founded the investment firm Reinvent Capital in 2018 and wrote Life at the Speed of Play.
Key facts
- Born
- 13 Feb 19661
- Zynga
- Founded July 2007; CEO 2007 to July 2013 and 2015 to 2016; went public in 20111
- Other companies
- Freeloader (1995), Support.com (1997), Tribe Networks1
- Reinvent Capital
- Co-founded in 2018 with Reid Hoffman and Michael Thompson; partner1
- Book
- Life at the Speed of Play2
- Education
- BS in economics, Wharton (1988); MBA, Harvard Business School (1993)1
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