Mark Pincus Blog. Mark Pincus Zynga. Connecting the world through games. Mark Pincus. Mark Jonathan Pincus (born February 13, 1966)[4] is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Zynga, which makes online social games.
Pincus also founded Freeloader, Inc., Tribe Networks, and Support.com.[5] Pincus served as the CEO of Zynga until July 2013. Zynga's top games include: Bubble Safari, CastleVille, ChefVille, CityVille, CityVille 2, CoasterVille, Draw Something, FarmVille, Yoville, FarmVille 2, Zynga Poker, Mafia Wars, Empires & Allies, Words with Friends, Hanging with Friends and Scramble with Friends. Pincus was named 2009 "CEO of the Year"[6] at The Crunchies technology awards[7] and a year later was named Founder of the Year at the 2010 ceremony.[8] Zynga is considered to be the pioneer of the social gaming industry,[9] which is expected to reach $5.5 billion by 2015.[10] Within four years after Pincus founded Zynga, the company had grown to a $1 billion company.[11] As of June 2013, Zynga has approximately 2,380 employees.[12] Career[edit]