Zynga Announces Don Mattrick as Company’s New CEO

<p><a title&equals;"Microsoft’s Don Mattrick Reported to Be Leaving for Zynga Position" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;microsofts-don-mattrick-reported-to-be-leaving-for-zynga-position&sol;">Earlier today<&sol;a> we reported that Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s Don Mattrick would be leaving the company in order to take on the CEO role at Zynga&period; We also said that an official announcement regarding the matter would come as soon as today&period; Well&comma; lo and behold&comma; here it is&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;company&period;zynga&period;com&sol;news&sol;press-releases&sol;zynga-names-don-mattrick-chief-executive-officer">Zynga has officially come out and announced Don Mattrick as the company&&num;8217&semi;s new CEO<&sol;a>&comma; with former CEO Mark Pincus staying on as the Chief Product Officer&period; Mattrick&&num;8217&semi;s new role as CEO and a member of the Board of Directors goes into effect on July 8th &lpar;next Monday&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;&lbrack;Don&rsqb; deeply understands the value of a network and the importance of creating lifelong consumer relationships&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Pincus&period; &&num;8220&semi;He turned Xbox into the world’s largest console-gaming network&comma; growing its installed base from 10 to 80 million and transformed that business from deep losses to substantial profits&period;  And he has grown the Xbox Live player network from 6 to 50 million active members in 41 countries&period; Going forward&comma; I’ll continue in my role as Chairman and Chief Product Officer&period; I’m excited to partner with Don and the rest of our team to return Zynga to its leadership role in inventing and growing Play as a core human experience&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I joined Zynga because I believe that Mark’s pioneering vision and mission to connect the world through games is just getting started&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Don Mattrick&period; &&num;8220&semi;Zynga is a great business that has yet to realize its full potential&period; I’m proud to partner with Mark to deliver high-quality&comma; fun&comma; social games wherever people want to play&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;