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Mark Pincus
Mark Jonathan Pincus (born February 13, 1966) 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. 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"〔(VentureBeat January 2010 )()〕 at The Crunchies technology awards〔(TechCrunch January 2010 ). Crunchies2009.techcrunch.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-13.〕 and a year later was named Founder of the Year at the 2010 ceremony.〔(Congratulations Crunchies Winners! Twitter Takes Best Startup Of 2010 ). TechCrunch (2011-01-21). Retrieved on 2011-11-13.〕 Zynga is considered to be the pioneer of the social gaming industry, which is expected to reach $5.5 billion by 2015. Within four years after Pincus founded Zynga, the company had grown to a $1 billion company.
==Early life and background==
Pincus was born into a Jewish family〔(Hareetz: "One day in Silicon Valley" by Guy Rolnick ) August 3, 2010〕 in Chicago and raised in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. He is the son of Donna (née Forman) and Theodore Pincus.〔(Chicago Sun Times: "Ted Pincus, PR specialist, Sun-Times columnist, dies" BY DAVID ROEDER ) September 30, 2011〕〔(New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths PINCUS, THEODORE" ) October 4, 2011〕 His father was a business columnist and public relations adviser to CEOs and politicians〔(Chicago Sun-Times: "Mark Pincus creates an empire with games designed for Facebook" By Sandra Guy ) March 27, 2011〕 and his mother was an architect.〔(Businessweek: "Zynga IPO Tests CEO's 'Fearsome' Negotiating Style" By Douglas MacMillan ) December 12, 2011〕 He has two sisters: Laura Pincus Hartman and Susan Pincus Sherman.〔 His father later married Sherri (née Barr, of Milwaukee) and his mother later married Sheldon Meyers, of Chicago; and he now has three additional step-sisters and one step-brother, Anne Zitron Casey, Jennifer Zitron Suomi, Annie Meyers Ashe and David Meyers.
Pincus attended Francis W. Parker School from kindergarten through 12th grade and graduated in 1984. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School. where he founded the Communications Club with Sherry Coutu.
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