• Check Out Zynga’s Amazing New Campus

    Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

    Alexia Tsotsis is the co-editor of TechCrunch. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles in... → Learn More

    Zynga offices
    Zynga offices

    So Facebook’s new Menlo Park office space is pretty snazzy, sure. But check out what Zynga’s done with its newly leased 270,000 square feet at San Francisco’s Townsend and Eighth, because sheesh… (We were there because a bunch of announcements were going down earlier today.)

    The space was decorated by Zynga’s “Minister of Cool” Eric McDougal, who led internal Zynga teams focused on integrating unique lighting, interior design and functionality. “We did a lot of things to make it feel like home,” Zynga’s Dani Dudeck told me.

    Click through for a laser light tube doorway, retro art displays, both a cartoon and real Mark Pincus, random dog bowls and more. There’s also a YouTube video of all the Zynga employees who were at work today giving Pincus a standing ovation during his talk, below.


    Company: Zynga
    Website: zynga.com
    Launch Date: July 2007
    IPO: NASDAQ:ZNGA

    Zynga was founded in July 2007 by Mark Pincus and is named for his late American Bulldog, Zinga. Loyal and spirited, Zinga’s 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...

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