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Mark Pincus

United States 60 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth: Online games
Industry: Technology
Residence: San Francisco, California
Organization: Chairman at Zynga Inc
Education: Harvard University (Master of Business Administration)
University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: 3

Assets

Aurora Innovation

4,200,000 shares @ -

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AUR-US
Hippo Holdings

38,000 shares @ -

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HIPO-US
Joby Aviation

2,940,000 shares @ -

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JOBY-US
Meta Platforms

0 shares @ -

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META-US
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE

417,000 shares @ -

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TTWO-US

Biography

Mark Pincus cofounded Zynga, an online social game maker known for Words With Friends, Mafia Wars and FarmVille.

A serial entrepreneur who made early investments in Facebook and Twitter, Pincus launched several successful businesses before creating Zynga in 2007.

Pincus served as CEO of Zynga for seven years. The company, which went public in 2011, was acquired by gaming company Take-Two Interactive in 2022 for $12.7 billion.

In 2018 he founded investment firm Reinvent Capital, which has put money into SpaceX, health insurance firm Oscar and rideshare firm Lyft.

He has launched three SPACs, including one that took electric air taxi firm Joby Aviation public and one that took insurance firm Hippo Technologies public.

About

Zynga is named after Pincus' late dog, Zinga, an American Bulldog. The company's red and white logo is a rendering of the bulldog.