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Zynga Cofounder Andrew Trader Out

2010-03-06 03:46
One of the cofounders of Zynga, the company 8217;s executive vice president of sales and business development Andrew Trader, is no longer with the company, we 8217;ve confirmed. He has been quietly removed from the company 8217;s management page. Remaining cofounders - Mark Pincus, Michael Luxton, Eric Schiermeyer, Justin Waldron and Steve Schoettler, remain. As of a month ago Trader 8217;s title had been downgraded to VP of Partnerships and Studio Services, although no top sales or business development replacement executive has yet been named. Why is he gone No one is saying. CEO Mark Pincus says only AT Andrew Trader and zynga have parted ways. He made an awesome contribution. We need to continue scaling the company. Trader hasn 8217;t yet returned a phone call asking for his comment. Zynga 8217;s revenue growth has been nothing short of astronomical over the last 18 months, so it would be hard to blame him for not bringing in the dollars. Perhaps he took the fall for the Scamville saga although that has largely blown over now. Trader was with Zynga nearly three years, so he 8217;s vested on a lot of his stock. Given how much money is at stake, the whole story about why the first cofounder of Zynga has left the building may never come out. Zynga raised $180 million in December 2009, at a rumored valuation of above $2 billion. And no, I have no idea why he 8217;s holding a banana in the picture. CrunchBase InformationAndrew Trader Zynga Information provided by CrunchBase
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