Candy Crush Saga publisher hires new chief financial officer

The current king of social games is hiring a telecom veteran to come in and keep track of all its gold.

Developer King is hiring Hope Cochran as its chief financial officer. Cochran most recently served as CFO of Spring subsidiary Clearwire. She will guide the company’s finances, which include a considerable amount of revenue from mobile titles like Candy Crush Saga and the publisher’s King.com web portal.