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jstanderfer on Oct 11, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Zynga stock plummets below value of its cash and r...

Zynga is structured such that Mark Pincus has a majority of the voting shares (50.15% to be exact). This means he cannot be fired nor can any takeover occur without his consent.

mratzloff on Oct 11, 2012 [–]

And he's already cashed out a significant portion of his stock, so he has no personal motivation to ever sell.

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