Zynga adds Kleiner Perkins' John Doerr to board
- Cromwell Schubarth
- Senior Technology Reporter- Silicon Valley Business Journal
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Zynga has added an early backer, John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, to its board as
it tries to expand beyond social games.
Doerr joins a group of high-profile directors at Zynga, including fellow
Kleiner Perkins investor Bing
Gordon, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Dreamworks
Animation CEO Jeffrey
Katzenberg.Among the big successes he had at Kleiner have been early investments in Google, Amazon, Netscape and Sun Microsystems.
Zynga, on the other hand, has been an early high-flyer that is trying desperately to find a second act beyond its early success as a Facebook game provider. It is pushing into mobile and real-money games.
Doerr sounded optimistic about its chances in the prepared statement issued when his appointment was announced: "In just five years Zynga has connected hundreds of millions of people to their friends for fun. What's exciting is this is still day zero — just the beginning — of social gaming's potential. With its deep talent and multi-platform technology, and millions of happy customers, Zynga will engage more of us wherever we play — whether on the Web, phones or tablets."
Cromwell Schubarth is the Senior Technology Reporter at the Business Journal. His phone number is 408.299.1823.
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