bill burnham has a terrific post figuring out how much kleiner and sequoia and specifically doerr and moritz earned on their google deal. breathtaking at around $5B each and around $400m-$500m for the partners. agree with brad that they earned it.
Mark Pincus
Founder,
Chief Executive Officer &
Chief Product Officer
Founder,
Chief Executive Officer &
Chief Product Officer
Mark is the founder, CEO and chief product officer of Zynga. He founded the company in 2007 with a mission of connecting the world through games, and in founding zynga.org, he also believes that games can do good.
On his way to creating Zynga, Mark started three companies. In 2003, he launched Tribe.net, one of the first social networks. Before that, he founded Support.com, a pioneer in automating tech support, and took it public. In 1995, he launched FreeLoader, the first web-based consumer push company. Mark started his career in new media and venture capital before he discovered his calling as a consumer technology entrepreneur. Mark also made founding investments in Napster, Brightmail, Twitter and Facebook.
Mark graduated summa cum laude from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an angel investor in multiple Silicon Valley startups and regularly gives lectures to aspiring entrepreneurs.
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Zynga’s Mission
connecting the world through games
connecting the world through games
Zynga Core Values
- Build games you & your friends love to plays
- Meritocracy: level ups
- Be CEO, own outcomess
- Move at Zynga speeds
- Zynga first: decisions for the greater goods
- Innovate on best of breed mechanics
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