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Growing up
Mother is an artist and architect
Father was a business columnist and public relationships to CEO’s and politicians
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Birth
Born in Chicago, IL -
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Early Education
Went to Francis W Parker School for K-12 -
College
- Graduated from Harvard Business School in 1993
- Earned a Bachelors in Economics
- Got an MBA (Master of Business Administration)
- Co founded a communication club at Harvard
- Went to University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) from 1985 to 1988
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CEO & Co-Founder of FreeLoader, Inc.
Mark Pincus's first business -
Founds SupportSoft
CEO, Co-Founder & Chairman SupportSoft, Aug 1997 - Jan 2001 -
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CEO & Co-Founder of Tribe.net
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Founding of Zynga
- Co founded Zynga and became CEO
- Zynga is a company that runs social video game services
- Primarily focuses on mobile and social networking platforms
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Marriage
Married Alison Gelb -
Mafia Wars Launch
Mafia Wars is one of their best games on facebook -
Donating to Charity
Donated almost 25 million dollars to around 50 different charities -
Farmville was launched
Farmville is one of Zynga's best games -
Lying to Users
Users were asked to enter in their mobile phone number, and are texted a pin code to enter on the quiz. Once they’ve done that, they’ve just subscribed to a $9.99/month subscription. -
Zynga Sued Over Deceptive Advertising
-ads were “completely unethical” and tricked consumers with false promises.
-Pincus admitted “every horrible thing in the book” to generate quick revenues for his company. -
Sweet Seeds
Zynga raises millions of dollars for Haiti to have sustainable and healthy food -
Donating
Zynga announced that 100 percent of the proceeds from the purchase of virtual goods from more than seven of its games would go toward Japan's Save the Children Earthquake Emergency Fund -
Toys for Tots Holiday season
Zynga.org partnered with Toys for Tots in its largest charitable campaign not related to disaster relief. The campaign raised $745,000 -
Mark Pincus steps down from CEO at Zynga
Stepped down due to severe backlash, Don Mattrick becomes CEO -
raised 1 million for water.org
charity that funds clean water projects in developing countries -
Mark Pincus becomes CEO of Zynga (Again)
-As Don Mattrick left the company Mark Pincus takes on the mantle of CEO of Zynga once again, despite stepping down 2 years earlier in 2013 -
Mark Pincus steps down (Again)
- Resigns from his position as CEO of Zynga for a second time only a year after accepting it, but continues to be executive chairman of Zynga's board
- Probable reasons for resignation include massive staff cuts & having to put up the company's headquarters up for sale, as well as his stock falling despite his best efforts
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Appointed to the Presidio Trust Board of Directors by President Barack Obama
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Divorce
Mark Pincus divorced his wife in 2017 for "irreconcilable differences" -
Managing Member and co-Founder of Reinvent Capital
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Hacker leaks users information
Hacker steals 218 million users information from Zynga due to security compromisations -
Password Breach
Password Breach of Zynga Compromises 170 Million Accounts -
Final Verdict: Mark Pinkus & his companies are Unethical but Socially Responsible
- Zynga is Mark Pincus's biggest company, and it has many questionable practices
- Seems like he doesn't care about the people that play his game by the way they have been hacked on many occasions
- Pincus is socially responsible, he donates to charities in an attempt to avert the public's eye from his ethical crimes