Stockholders elect the Board to oversee management and to ensure that stockholder long-term interests are served. Through oversight, review, and counsel, the Board establishes and promotes Zynga's business and organizational objectives. Among other things, our Board oversees our business affairs and integrity and works with management to determine our mission and long-term strategy.
Mark Pincus Chief Executive Officer, Chief Product Officer and Chairman
Mark Pincus founded Zynga and has served as our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Product Officer and Chairman since April 2007. From 2003 to 2007, he 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, he served as Chairman of Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT), a help desk automation software company he co-founded, and he served as Chief Executive Officer and President from December 1997 to July 1999. From 1996 to 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of FreeLoader, Inc., a web-based news company he co-founded. He 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.
L. John Doerr has served on our Board since April 2013. Mr. Doerr has been a General Partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capital firm, since 1980. Mr. Doerr currently serves on the board of directors of Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), a global technology company, and Amyris, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRS), a synthetic biology company. Mr. Doerr was previously a director of Amazon.com, Inc., an Internet retail company, from 1996 to 2010; Intuit Inc., a provider of business and financial management solutions, from 1990 to 2007; and Move, Inc., a provider of real estate media and technology solutions, from 1998 to 2008. Mr. Doerr earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and an M.S. in electrical engineering and computer science, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Rice University.
William "Bing" Gordon Director
Bing Gordon has served on our Board since July 2008. Mr. Gordon has been a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capital firm, since June 2008. Mr. Gordon co-founded 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. (NASDAQ: AMZN), an Internet 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.Bing Gordon has served on our Board since July 2008. Mr. Gordon has been a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capital firm, since June 2008. Mr. Gordon co-founded 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. (NASDAQ: AMZN), an Internet 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.
Reid Hoffman Director
Reid Hoffman has served on our board of directors since January 2008. Mr. Hoffman has been a Partner at Greylock Partners, a venture capital firm, since November 2009. He has served as Chairman of the Board of LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE:LNKD), an online professional networking company, since December 2010. From March 2003 to February 2007 and from December 2008 to June 2009, he served as Chief Executive Officer of LinkedIn Corporation. 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 Kiva.org, a microfinance company; DoSomething.org, a non-profit dedicated to teen philanthropic action; Endeavor Global, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to supporting high-impact entrepreneurs; StartUp America Partnership, LLC, a non-profit dedicated to helping American entrepreneurs; Wrapp, a social gifting service; Edmodo, Inc., a private micro-blogging platform built for use by teachers and students for use in the classroom; Shopkick, Inc. mobile technology that hands consumers rewards and exclusive deals at national retail partners; and Mozilla Corporation, a software company. Mr. Hoffman holds an M.A. in Philosophy from Oxford University and a B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University.Reid Hoffman has served on our board of directors since January 2008. Mr. Hoffman has been a Partner at Greylock Partners, a venture capital firm, since November 2009. He has served as Chairman of the Board of LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE:LNKD), an online professional networking company, since December 2010. From March 2003 to February 2007 and from December 2008 to June 2009, he served as Chief Executive Officer of LinkedIn Corporation. 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 Kiva.org, a microfinance company; DoSomething.org, a non-profit dedicated to teen philanthropic action; Endeavor Global, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to supporting high-impact entrepreneurs; StartUp America Partnership, LLC, a non-profit dedicated to helping American entrepreneurs; Wrapp, a social gifting service; Edmodo, Inc., a private micro-blogging platform built for use by teachers and students for use in the classroom; Shopkick, Inc. mobile technology that hands consumers rewards and exclusive deals at national retail partners; and Mozilla Corporation, a software company. Mr. Hoffman holds an M.A. in Philosophy from Oxford University and a B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University.
Jeffrey Katzenberg Director
Jeffrey Katzenberg has served on our Board since February 2011. Mr. Katzenberg currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA), 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 its sale to Paramount Studios in January 2006. Prior to founding DreamWorks Studios, Mr. Katzenberg served as chairman of the board of The Walt Disney Studios (NYSE: DIS) 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 also serves on the boards or as a trustee 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, University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and the Simon Wiesenthal Center.Jeffrey Katzenberg has served on our Board since February 2011. Mr. Katzenberg currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA), 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 its sale to Paramount Studios in January 2006. Prior to founding DreamWorks Studios, Mr. Katzenberg served as chairman of the board of The Walt Disney Studios (NYSE: DIS) 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 also serves on the boards or as a trustee 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, University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Stanley Meresman has served on our Board 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 (NYSE: LNKD) and Meru Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERU), and previously served as a director of Polycom Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM) from January 1995 to March 2007 and Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD) from March 2005 to June 2012, each of which is a public company. He also currently serves as a director of two private companies, ModCloth, Inc. and Hytrust, Inc. 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, 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 has served on our board of directors since November 2011. Mr. Paul has been a Partner at Spring Ventures, a venture capital fund, since founding the firm in January 2007. Mr. Paul has served as Chief Executive Officer of SideCar Technologies, Inc., a ride sharing technology platform, formerly known as Shepherd Intelligent Systems, Inc., since September 2011. Mr. Paul also serves on the advisory board of Cleanweb Worldwide LLC, an organization dedicating to solving global resource constraints through the application of information technology. Mr. Paul was the Chief Executive Officer of Spride, Inc., a car share service company, from early 2010 to 2012. 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., an Internet technology company he co-founded. Mr. Paul holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.
Ellen Siminoff has served on our Board since July 2012. Ms. Siminoff is President and CEO of Shmoop University, Inc., an educational publishing company which aims to reduce the friction in learning. From February 2004 to February 2008, Ms. Siminoff served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Efficient Frontier, Inc., a provider of paid search engine marketing solutions, and she served as Chairman from February 2008 to September 2009. Prior to that, from 1996 to 2002, Ms. Siminoff served in various capacities at Yahoo!, including as Senior Vice-President of Entertainment and Small Business and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Vice President, Business Development and Planning. Ms. Siminoff also serves on the boards of directors of public companies Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE: JRN), US Autoparts (NASDAQ: PRTS) and SolarWinds, Inc. (NYSE: SWI), served on the board of Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU) from June 2008 through the end of her term in June 2011, and additionally serves on the boards of private companies, including Mozilla Corporation, a software company. Ms. Siminoff holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University.
Owen Van Natta has served as a member of our Board since August 2010. Mr. Van Natta has served as General Partner of Luminor Group LLC (“Luminor”), a consulting company, since 2010. He served as our 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 us in connection with his role at Luminor. 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.
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