Zain Jaffer, former CEO of Vungle.
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Vungle replaced CEO after learning of arrest for felony assault and child abuse (updated)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Zain Jaffer, who founded mobile ad firm Vungle and was its CEO until this week, was arrested on Tuesday for felony assault, lewd act upon a child, and other related charges.

[Update 10/20/17 3:05 pm : The police filed a report for attempted murder. The district attorney did not file that charge and filed a charge for felony assault instead].

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.