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Zynga Appoints John Doerr To The Board

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John_Doerr

John Doerr, general partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has joined the Zynga board.

John Doerr (General partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers): 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.

Other Zynga board members include William “Bing” Gordon, Reid Hoffman, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Stanley J. Meresman, Sunil Paul, Mark Pincus, Ellen F. Siminoff and Owen Van Natta.

[Image courtesy: KPCB]

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