Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Returns To CEO Role

(RTTNews) - Online social game developer Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) said Wednesday that current Chief Executive Officer Don Mattrick will leave the company and the Board of Directors effective April 8.

Mark Pincus, Zynga's founder and chairman, will return to the role of Chief Executive Officer.

At his request, Pincus will receive an annual salary of $1 in connection with his appointment to Chief Executive Officer.

Pincus founded Zynga in 2007 and pioneered the social gaming industry. He has pursued his passion for creating Internet products since 1995, when he founded FreeLoader, the first web-based push company. Later, he founded Support.com, a pioneer in automating tech support, and took it public. Then, in 2003, he launched Tribe.net, one of the first social networks. Pincus most recently founded superlabs in 2014, a San Francisco-based product lab focused on developing products that connect and empower people.