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October 18, 2011 12:15 pm GMT

Mark Pincus Used To Be Sean Parkers Boss

Napster co-founder, former Facebook president and current Airtime CEO Sean Parker subbed in for Zynga CEO Mark Pincus today onstage at Web 2.0 Summit, when Pincus couldn’t speak because of Zynga’s quiet period (sidenote: expect an IPO within the next month, yo). You know what’s cool? That the 15-year-old Parker, oddly enough, used to intern for Mark Pincus’ Washington, D.C. startup, FreeLoader, the first consumer push information service, before he, you know, became famous. Talk about what goes around comes around. Crunchbase ZYNGA AIRTIME Company: Zynga Website: zynga.com Funding: $1B Zynga was founded in July 2007 by Mark Pincus and is named for his late American Bulldog, Zinga. Loyal and spirited, Zingas name is a nod to a legendary African warrior queen. The early supporting founding team included Eric Schiermeyer, Michael Luxton, Justin Waldron, Kyle Stewart, Scott Dale, John Doerr, Steve Schoettler, Kevin Hagan, and Andrew Trader. Zynga’s mission is connecting the world through games. Everyday millions of people interact with their friends and express their unique personalities through our... Learn more Company: Airtime Website: airtime.com Funding: $8.5M The new stealth project by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker. It is believed to be in the video chatting space. Originally codenamed Supyo, it will launch as Airtime. Learn more : Website: Learn more

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