Guide Note:

Mark Pincus is a web entrepreneur who has co-founded several web communities, including Tribe Networks, Inc. and Zygna. He is currently the CEO of Zygna, an online social gaming community.

Fast Facts

1. Born: Chicago, Illinois
2. Undergraduate: Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, 1988
3. Graduate: Harvard Business School, 1993
4. Companies founded: FreeLoader, Tank Hill, SupportSoft, Inc., Tribe Networks, Inc., Zygna
5. Investor in Mahalo

Key Dates

• 1988: Graduates Wharton School of Business
• 1993: Graduates Harvard Business School with M.B.A.
• 1995: Founded FreeLoader with Sunil Paul
• 1997: Co-founded SupportSoft, Inc.
• 2000: Founded Tank Hill with Martin Roscheisen
• 2000: SupportSoft, Inc. goes public
• 2003: Co-founded Tribe Networks, Inc.
• 2008: Launches Zygna, maker of Facebook-compatible game applications

In January, 2008, Pincus launched Zygna, a company which seeks to capitalize on Facebook's recent decision to open itself to outside programmers. Zygna creates versions of popular games and integrates them with Facebook's interface, allowing users to play friends also on the network. Pincus claims that the company has touched none of the $10 million in venture capital he has raised for the project, and that the company had, by early 2008, already broken even solely through advertising.