Portrait of Mark Pincus

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Mark Pincus

Net worth $1.5B

Online games · United States

Born
Feb 13, 1966
Age
60
Source
Online games
Residence
San Francisco, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Divorced
Children
3
Education
Master of Business Administration, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Pennsylvania

Net worth over time

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

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