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ZYNGA.
 COM
HISTORY
   OF
 ZYNGA
Mark Pincus founded Zynga in April
2007 under the name Presidio Media;
the company name changed to Zynga
in July 2007. The early supporting
founding team included Eric
Schiermeyer, Michael Luxton, Justin
Waldron, Kyle Stewart, Scott Dale,
Steve Schoettler, Kevin Hagan, and
Andrew Trader.
History of Zynga
They received US$29 million
in venture finance from
several firms, led by
Kleiner Perkins Caufield &
Byers in July 2008, at which
time they appointed former
Electronic Arts Chief
Creative Officer Bing Gordon
to the board.
At that time, they also
bought YoVille, a large
virtual world social
network game. According
to the company's
website, as of December
2009, it had 60 million
unique daily active
users.
ZYNGA was named after
an American bulldog
named Zynga once owned
by Mark Pincus.They use
an image of a bulldog
as their logo.
As of September
2010, Zynga had
over 1,200
employee.
On Feb. 17, 2010, Zynga
open Zynga india in
Bangalore, The
company’s first office
outside the United
States.
March 18, 2010 –
Zynga confirmed that
it will open a
second international
office in Ireland.
May 7, 2010 – Michael
Arrington of TechCrunch
reported that Zynga Was
threatening to leave
Facebook Altogether in the
wake of Facebook’s requiring
exclusive use of Facebook
credits for Monetization in
application.
After Facebook
negotiations for having
Zynga host its games
solely on Facebook fell
through, Facebook
retaliated by shutting
off notifications for
several Zynga
games, including
Plans surfaced for Zynga to
distance itself from
Facebook by creating a new
"Zynga Live" network, to be
called ZLive. On May
18, 2010, Facebook and Zynga
entered into a five-year
relationship to expand the
use of Facebook Credits in
Zynga's games.
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of
Facebook, was quoted as
saying, "We are pleased to
enter into a new agreement
with Zynga to enhance the
experience for Facebook
users who play Zynga games."
The companies stated they
were testing the use of
Facebook Credits, which
would allow Facebook to
effectively capture 30% of
any user's spending in the
game, and their use would be
gradually rolled out to all
games.
In a May 24, 2011
discussion at TechCrunch
Disrupt, Arrington and
Bing Gordon described the
incident as the "Cuban
Missile Crisis of tech".
June 3, 2010 –
Zynga acquired
challenge games.
October 5, 2010 – Bonfire
studios was acquired by
Zynga. It was renamed
“Zynga Dallas”. The
Acquisition brought
Zynga’s workforce to more
than 1,300 employees
worldwide.
History of Zynga
On December 2, 2010, Zynga
announced that it acquired
the Texas-based mobile game
developer
Newtoy, Inc., developers of
the game "Words with
Friends",and renamed the
studio to Zynga With
Friends.
In December 2010, Zynga's
game CityVille surpassed
FarmVille as its most
popular game with over 61
million monthly active users
and a base of over
16 million daily active
users.
Zynga has acquired the
New York-based game
developer Area/Code, now
renamed Zynga New York.
In March 2011, Zynga
announced the acquisition of
the team from Massachusetts
game developer
Floodgate Entertainment. It
was Zynga's tenth
acquisition in ten months.
In April 2011, Zynga
announced the
acquisition of
MarketZero, an online
poker tracker company
History of Zynga
In April 2011, the company
partnered with Lady Gaga in
a new game offering. In May
2011, the company was
reported to be in the
process of raising an
additional $500 million with
a valuation at $10 billion
In May 2011, the
company launched its
most complicated
game to date—Empires
and Allies.
As of July 1, 2011, the
company had 2,000 employees.
In September 2011, Zynga
announced that their biggest
game CityVille has made the
transition to google+ after
about 95% decline in their
profits.
History of Zynga

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History of Zynga

  • 2. HISTORY OF ZYNGA
  • 3. Mark Pincus founded Zynga in April 2007 under the name Presidio Media; the company name changed to Zynga in July 2007. The early supporting founding team included Eric Schiermeyer, Michael Luxton, Justin Waldron, Kyle Stewart, Scott Dale, Steve Schoettler, Kevin Hagan, and Andrew Trader.
  • 5. They received US$29 million in venture finance from several firms, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in July 2008, at which time they appointed former Electronic Arts Chief Creative Officer Bing Gordon to the board.
  • 6. At that time, they also bought YoVille, a large virtual world social network game. According to the company's website, as of December 2009, it had 60 million unique daily active users.
  • 7. ZYNGA was named after an American bulldog named Zynga once owned by Mark Pincus.They use an image of a bulldog as their logo.
  • 8. As of September 2010, Zynga had over 1,200 employee.
  • 9. On Feb. 17, 2010, Zynga open Zynga india in Bangalore, The company’s first office outside the United States.
  • 10. March 18, 2010 – Zynga confirmed that it will open a second international office in Ireland.
  • 11. May 7, 2010 – Michael Arrington of TechCrunch reported that Zynga Was threatening to leave Facebook Altogether in the wake of Facebook’s requiring exclusive use of Facebook credits for Monetization in application.
  • 12. After Facebook negotiations for having Zynga host its games solely on Facebook fell through, Facebook retaliated by shutting off notifications for several Zynga games, including
  • 13. Plans surfaced for Zynga to distance itself from Facebook by creating a new "Zynga Live" network, to be called ZLive. On May 18, 2010, Facebook and Zynga entered into a five-year relationship to expand the use of Facebook Credits in Zynga's games.
  • 14. Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, was quoted as saying, "We are pleased to enter into a new agreement with Zynga to enhance the experience for Facebook users who play Zynga games."
  • 15. The companies stated they were testing the use of Facebook Credits, which would allow Facebook to effectively capture 30% of any user's spending in the game, and their use would be gradually rolled out to all games.
  • 16. In a May 24, 2011 discussion at TechCrunch Disrupt, Arrington and Bing Gordon described the incident as the "Cuban Missile Crisis of tech".
  • 17. June 3, 2010 – Zynga acquired challenge games.
  • 18. October 5, 2010 – Bonfire studios was acquired by Zynga. It was renamed “Zynga Dallas”. The Acquisition brought Zynga’s workforce to more than 1,300 employees worldwide.
  • 20. On December 2, 2010, Zynga announced that it acquired the Texas-based mobile game developer Newtoy, Inc., developers of the game "Words with Friends",and renamed the studio to Zynga With Friends.
  • 21. In December 2010, Zynga's game CityVille surpassed FarmVille as its most popular game with over 61 million monthly active users and a base of over 16 million daily active users.
  • 22. Zynga has acquired the New York-based game developer Area/Code, now renamed Zynga New York.
  • 23. In March 2011, Zynga announced the acquisition of the team from Massachusetts game developer Floodgate Entertainment. It was Zynga's tenth acquisition in ten months.
  • 24. In April 2011, Zynga announced the acquisition of MarketZero, an online poker tracker company
  • 26. In April 2011, the company partnered with Lady Gaga in a new game offering. In May 2011, the company was reported to be in the process of raising an additional $500 million with a valuation at $10 billion
  • 27. In May 2011, the company launched its most complicated game to date—Empires and Allies.
  • 28. As of July 1, 2011, the company had 2,000 employees. In September 2011, Zynga announced that their biggest game CityVille has made the transition to google+ after about 95% decline in their profits.