Why Mark Pincus sold Zynga for $12.7B and still has unfinished business with blockchain games
Mark Pincus started Zynga in 2007 on a vision of social gaming reaching everyone. He guided the company through the free-to-play revolution in games,...
In its death throes, Adobe’s Flash kills off Zynga’s original FarmVille
Adobe is terminating its Flash software today, and with it will go Zynga’s original FarmVille game from 2009. That brings to an end an...
Zynga founder Mark Pincus reduces voting power after changing stock
Zynga announced today that its founder Mark Pincus is converting his high-voting shares in the mobile game company to Class A common stock. As...
Case revived over Zynga leaders allegedly using inside information to dump stock in 2012
(Reuters) – The Delaware Supreme Court revived a lawsuit against Zynga’s controlling shareholder, Mark Pincus, and fellow board members for allegedly allowing leaders of the...
Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau looks back at his first 60 days
Zynga might finally have a long-term chief executive officer. The social gaming company released its financial results for Q1 2016 on Wednesday, which showed...
Analysts and investors react well to Zynga’s new CEO Frank Gibeau
Zynga’s stock price rose 4 percent to $2.25 a share in the first full day of trading on Wall Street after the company announced...
Mark Pincus and Frank Gibeau talk about the future of Zynga and social mobile gaming
Zynga and Electronic Arts have exchanged hostages yet again. Zynga, the San Francisco social mobile game company announced yesterday that it had named former EA executive Frank Gibeau...
Zynga stock price jumps 7% as new chief executive replaces Pincus
Zynga’s founder has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer for the second time, and this has Wall Street thrilled. The social-gaming...
Meet Frank Gibeau, Zynga’s new CEO
Zynga has a new boss. The mobile developer and publisher announced today that Frank Gibeau will become the company’s new chief executive officer after current CEO Mark Pincus steps down. It’ll be Gibeau’s job to put Zynga back on the path of success.
Zynga names ex-EA mobile exec Frank Gibeau as its CEO
Zynga has returned again to the Electronic Arts well of talent. The social mobile game company has named former EA executive Frank Gibeau as...