People: Zynga Inc (ZNGA.OQ)
ZNGA.OQ on NASDAQ Stock Exchange Global Select Market
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Mark Pincus |
46 | 2007 | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Product Officer |
Mark Vranesh |
45 | 2011 | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer |
David Ko |
41 | 2012 | Chief Operations Officer |
Cadir Lee |
40 | 2008 | Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer |
Barry Cottle |
50 | 2012 | Executive Vice President - Business and Corporate Development |
Reginald Davis |
49 | 2009 | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary |
L. John Doerr |
61 | 2013 | Director |
William Gordon |
63 | 2008 | Director |
Ellen Siminoff |
45 | 2012 | Director |
Owen Van Natta |
42 | 2011 | Director |
Reid Hoffman |
45 | 2008 | Independent Director |
Jeffrey Katzenberg |
62 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Stanley Meresman |
66 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Sunil Paul |
47 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Mark Pincus |
Mr. Mark J. Pincus is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Product Officer of Zynga Inc., since April 2007. From 2003 to 2007, Mr. Pincus served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of tribe.net, a company he co-founded and one of the first social networks in the industry. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Pincus served as Chairman of Support.com, Inc., a remote technology services company he co-founded, and he served as Chief Executive Officer and President from December 1997 to July 1999. From 1996 to 1997, Mr. Pincus served as Chief Executive Officer of FreeLoader, Inc., a web-based news company he co-founded. Mr. Pincus holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. |
Mark Vranesh |
Mr. Mark Vranesh is the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer of Zynga Inc. He has reassumed the duties of Chief Financial Officer of the Company having previously served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer from May 2008 to August 2010. From April 2006 to April 2008, Mr. Vranesh served as the Vice President of Finance and Administration and Corporate Controller of Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTNT), a computer and network security company. From 2000 to 2004, he served as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller, and from 2004 to 2006, he served as General Manager, at Support.com, Inc. (then SupportSoft, Inc.) (NASDAQ: SPRT), an online technology support company. Mr. Vranesh became a Certified Public Accountant in California and holds a Bachelor’s degree from the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. |
David Ko |
Mr. David Ko is appointed as the Chief Operations Officer of Zynga Inc. He had served as the Company’s Chief Mobile Officer since November 2010. He was responsible for the Company’s mobile business globally, and oversaw all strategy, product development, engineering, business development, as well as monetization activities for the business. Beginning in July 2012, Mr. Ko also assumed responsibility for the Company’s With Friends, Casino, Mid-Core, Draw Something and Casual franchises on web and mobile. Before joining the Company, Mr. Ko served in a variety of positions at Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), an Internet company, from April 2000 to October 2010, most recently as Senior Vice President of Audience, Mobile, and Local businesses. Mr. Ko holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Stern School of Business at New York University. |
Cadir Lee |
Mr. Cadir B. Lee is Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of Zynga Inc., since November 2008. From December 1997 to November 2008, Mr. Lee served as Chief Technology Officer of Support.com, Inc., a remote technology services company he co-founded. Mr. Lee holds a B.A. in Music and a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. |
Barry Cottle |
Mr. Barry Cottle serves as Executive Vice President - Business and Corporate Development of Zynga Inc., since January 2012. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Cottle served as Executive Vice President of EA Interactive at Electronic Arts Inc., an interactive entertainment software company, from 2007 to 2012. Prior to joining EA Interactive, Mr. Cottle served as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Quickoffice Inc., a spin out of Palm, Inc., where he served as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Cottle holds an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.S. in Information Services and Mathematics from Missouri State University. |
Reginald Davis |
Mr. Reginald D. Davis is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Zynga Inc. He has served as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel since May 2009 and the Secretary since August 2009. From January 2000 to May 2009, Mr. Davis was employed at Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), an Internet search company, where he served as Vice President, Network Quality and Search Operations from November 2007 to April 2009 and Associate General Counsel from January 2000 to November 2007. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Mr. Davis spent 10 years as a partner at Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft LLP (now part of Duane Morris LLP). Mr. Davis holds a J.D. from Tulane University Law School and a B.A. in European History from Harvard University. |
L. John Doerr |
Mr. L. John Doerr has been appointed as Director of Zynga Inc., effective April 4, 2013. Doerr joined KPCB in 1980, and has served in Google Inc. (GOOG), Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and Intuit Inc. (INTU). His passion is helping entrepreneurs create the “next big thing.” John currently serves on the boards of several Internet technology companies, including Coursera, Flipboard and Google. Doerr started his technology career in 1974 at Intel, and later founded Silicon Compilers, a VLSI CAD software company, and co-founded @Home, the nationwide broadband cable Internet service. Outside of KPCB, Doerr supports NewSchools.org, TechNet.org, the Climate Reality Project and ONE.org. |
William Gordon |
Mr. William B. Gordon is Director of Zynga Inc., since July 2008. Mr. Gordon has been a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capital firm, since June 2008. Mr. Gordon is a co-founder of Electronic Arts Inc. and served as its Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer from March 1998 to May 2008. Mr. Gordon serves on the boards of Lockerz, Inc., a web-based social commerce company; Klout, Inc., a social media company; Amazon.com, Inc., a multinational e-commerce company; Zazzle Inc., a web-based custom products company; and Mevio, Inc. He was also a founding director at ngmoco, LLC (acquired by DeNA Co. Ltd. in 2010) and Audible, Inc. (acquired by Amazon.com, Inc. in 2008). Mr. Gordon was awarded the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences’ Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 and held the game industry’s first endowed chair in game design at USC School of Cinematic Arts. He earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. from Yale University, where he serves on the President’s Council. |
Ellen Siminoff |
Ms. Ellen F. Siminoff has been appointed as Director of Zynga Inc., effective July 17, 2012. Siminoff is currently CEO of Shmoop University, Inc. an educational publishing company which aims to reduce the friction in learning. She also currently serves on the board of directors for Journal Communications, Inc., Mozilla Corporation, Solarwinds, Inc. and U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. Prior to joining Shmoop University, Inc. Siminoff served as President and CEO of Efficient Frontier, a provider of Search Engine Marketing (SEM) management services. Siminoff was a founding executive at Yahoo! were she held a variety of roles in business and corporate development, culminating with overseeing Yahoo!’s entertainment and small business division. Siminoff graduated from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business with an MBA and Princeton University with a B.A. in economics. |
Owen Van Natta |
Mr. Owen Van Natta is Director of Zynga Inc., since August 2010. Mr. Van Natta served as Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer from August 2010 to November 2011. From April 2010 to August 2010, Mr. Van Natta served as a consultant to the company in his role as a General Partner of Luminor Group LLC, a consulting company. From April 2009 until February 2010, Mr. Van Natta served as the Chief Executive Officer of Myspace, Inc., an online social media company. From November 2008 until April 2009, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Project Playlist, Inc., an online music sharing company. From May 2007 to February 2008, he was the Chief Revenue Officer at Facebook, Inc., an online social media company. From September 2005 until May 2007, Mr. Van Natta was the Chief Operating Officer at Facebook. Mr. Van Natta holds a B.A. in English from the University of California, Santa Cruz. |
Reid Hoffman |
Mr. Reid G. Hoffman is an Independent Director of Zynga Inc., since January 2008. Mr. Hoffman has been a Partner at Greylock Partners, a venture capital firm, since November 2009. From March 2003 to February 2007 and from December 2008 to June 2009, he served as Chief Executive Officer of LinkedIn Corporation, an online professional networking company. From February 2007 to December 2008, Mr. Hoffman also served as President, Products of LinkedIn Corporation, and he served as its Executive Chair from June 2009 to November 2009. From January 2000 to October 2002, Mr. Hoffman was Executive Vice President of PayPal, Inc., an online payment company. Mr. Hoffman serves on the board of directors for SixApart Ltd., a blogging and social media company; Kiva.org, a microfinance company; Mozilla Corporation, a software company; and LinkedIn Corporation. Mr. Hoffman holds an M.A. in Philosophy from Oxford University and a B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. |
Jeffrey Katzenberg |
Mr. Jeffrey Katzenberg is Independent Director of Zynga Inc., since February 2011. Mr. Katzenberg currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., a computer-generated animation studio and entertainment company. He has held both of these roles since October 2004. Mr. Katzenberg co-founded and was a principal member of DreamWorks L.L.C. (“DreamWorks Studios”) from its founding in October 1994 until January 2006. Prior to founding DreamWorks Studios, Mr. Katzenberg served as a chairman of the board of The Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994. Prior to joining The Walt Disney Studios, Mr. Katzenberg served as the President of Paramount Studios. Mr. Katzenberg is the Chairman of the Board for the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation. He serves on the boards of AIDS Project Los Angeles, American Museum of the Moving Image, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, California Institute of the Arts, Geffen Playhouse, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and the Simon Wiesenthal Center. |
Stanley Meresman |
Mr. Stanley J. Meresman is Independent Director of Zynga Inc., since June 2011. During the last five years, Mr. Meresman has been serving on the boards of directors of various public and private companies, including service as chair of the audit committee for some of these companies. He currently serves as a director of LinkedIn Corporation, Meru Networks, Inc. and Riverbed Technology, Inc. and previously served as a director of Polycom Inc. from January 1995 to March 2007, each of which is a public company. From January 2004 through December 2004, Mr. Meresman was a Venture Partner with Technology Crossover Ventures, a private equity firm, and was General Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Technology Crossover Ventures from November 2001 to December 2003. During the four years prior to joining Technology Crossover Ventures, Mr. Meresman was a private investor and board member and advisor to several technology companies. He served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Silicon Graphics, Inc. from May 1989 to May 1997. Mr. Meresman holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley. |
Sunil Paul |
Mr. Sunil Paul is Independent Director of Zynga Inc., since November 2011. Mr. Paul has been a Partner at Spring Ventures since founding the firm in January 2007. Mr. Paul currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of two companies that have received investments from Spring Ventures: Shepherd Intelligent Systems, Inc., a fleet technology company; and Spride, Inc., a car share service company. From May 2004 to January 2007, Mr. Paul was an independent investor. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Paul served as Founding Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Brightmail, Inc., a software company he co-founded. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Paul served as Chief Executive Officer, and then President, of FreeLoader, Inc., a company he co-founded. Mr. Paul holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Mark Pincus |
1,678,510 |
Mark Vranesh |
-- |
David Ko |
-- |
Cadir Lee |
-- |
Barry Cottle |
-- |
Reginald Davis |
3,115,600 |
L. John Doerr |
-- |
William Gordon |
-- |
Ellen Siminoff |
-- |
Owen Van Natta |
4,178,930 |
Reid Hoffman |
-- |
Jeffrey Katzenberg |
-- |
Stanley Meresman |
-- |
Sunil Paul |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2011
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Mark Pincus |
0 | 0 |
Mark Vranesh |
0 | 0 |
David Ko |
0 | 0 |
Cadir Lee |
0 | 0 |
Barry Cottle |
0 | 0 |
Reginald Davis |
200,000 | 1,815,870 |
L. John Doerr |
0 | 0 |
William Gordon |
0 | 0 |
Ellen Siminoff |
0 | 0 |
Owen Van Natta |
0 | 0 |
Reid Hoffman |
0 | 0 |
Jeffrey Katzenberg |
0 | 0 |
Stanley Meresman |
0 | 0 |
Sunil Paul |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
MERESMAN STANLEY J |
8,264 | $0.00 |
CHIANG STEVEN T |
91,044 | $2.85 |
SIMINOFF ELLEN F |
50,036 | $0.00 |
PAUL SUNIL |
41,322 | $0.00 |
HOFFMAN REID |
41,322 | $0.00 |
VRANESH MARK |
6,250 | $0.00 |
MERESMAN STANLEY J |
41,322 | $0.00 |
KO DAVID Y |
18,750 | $0.00 |
VRANESH MARK |
6,250 | $2.85 |
CHIANG STEVEN T |
200,000 | $0.00 |
DOERR L JOHN |
12,077 | $0.00 |
KO DAVID Y |
9,892 | $2.85 |
GORDON WILLIAM BINGHAM |
39,062 | $0.00 |
KATZENBERG JEFFREY |
41,322 | $0.00 |
LEE CADIR B |
50,000 | $2.85 |
LEE CADIR B |
50,000 | $0.00 |
LEE CADIR B |
14 | $2.83 |
LEE CADIR B |
26 | $0.00 |
CHIANG STEVEN T |
12,500 | $3.38 |
KATZENBERG JEFFREY |
24,750 | $3.40 |
KATZENBERG JEFFREY |
24,750 | $3.38 |
CHIANG STEVEN T |
50,000 | $3.38 |
DAVIS REGINALD D |
71,866 | $3.41 |
MERESMAN STANLEY J |
3,750 | $3.39 |
DAVIS REGINALD D |
88,708 | $3.41 |
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