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General Information

Websiteabout.king.com
Twitter@king_dot_com
CategoryGames, Video and Entertainment
Employees300
Founded8/03
DescriptionCasual Social Games

Offices

People

Co-founder & CEO
Co-founder & Head of System development
Co-founder & Managing Director
COO
CMO
VP of business development for U.S.
VP of ad sale EMEA
VP Mobile
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Former People

Co-founder & co-CEO
VP of Business Development
VP of Advertising Sales
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Acquisitions

Funding

TOTAL $43M
FUNDING TOTAL $43M
Series A, 9/05
Apax Partners
Index Ventures
$43M

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King.com

King.com is a worldwide leader in casual social games with over 40 million monthly players and more than 3 billion games played per month globally. King.com offers over 150 exclusive games in 14 languages through its premier destination, King.com (www.king.com), mobile devices, Google+, and Facebook, where it is a top 10 Facebook developer. The company is the exclusive provider of online games for leading global portals, websites and media companies.

King.com is driven by passionate game developers and leading digital executives, and has offices in London, Hamburg, Stockholm, Malmo, Milan, Bucharest, San Francisco and Malta.

For more information, please visit http://about.king.com.

Recent Milestones

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    King.com — King.com appoints Ex-Microsoft Executive as Chief Marketing Officer (9/27/12)
    Posted 3/20/12 at 12:44pm via prnewswire.com
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    King.com added Fredrik Ahlberg as VP Social. (4/2/12)
    Posted 4/8/12 at 6:55am
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    King.com acquired Fabrication Games. (3/13/12)
    Posted 3/13/12 at 7:32pm via techcrunch.com
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    King.com — King.com acquires Fabrication Games mobile games (3/12/12)
    Posted 3/20/12 at 12:44pm via techcrunch.com
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    King.com — Emma Vaz joins King.com to head business development in EMEA (2/6/12)
    Posted 3/20/12 at 12:44pm via insidesocialgames.com
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    King.com added Lars Jörnow as VP Mobile. (12/9/11)
    Posted 4/8/12 at 6:55am
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    King.com — Game Maker King.com Now Seeing 1 Billion Plays Per Month, Joins Facebook Top 10 (10/26/11)
    Posted 10/26/11 at 7:24pm via techcrunch.com
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    King.com — King.com Reaches One Billion Gameplays a Month; Joins Top 10 Largest Facebook Developers (10/26/11)
    Posted 3/20/12 at 12:44pm via techcrunch.com
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    King.com added Jong Woo as VP of business development for U.S.. (10/26/11)
    Posted 3/20/12 at 12:29pm
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    King.com added Alex Dale as CMO. (9/22/11)
    Posted 3/20/12 at 12:29pm
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    King.com — King.com Steps Up Advertising Initiatives with New Hire (8/23/11)
    Posted 3/20/12 at 12:44pm via co.uk
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    King.com added Gilles Storme as VP of ad sale EMEA. (8/22/11)
    Posted 3/20/12 at 12:29pm
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    King.com — King.com and Yahoo! Extend Multi-National Agreement to Latin America and U.S. Hispanic Markets (8/2/11)
    Posted 3/20/12 at 12:44pm via prnewswire.com
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    King.com — King.com Strengthens Management Team with Industry Veteran Mark Charkin (6/15/11)
    Posted 3/20/12 at 12:44pm via prnewswire.com
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    King.com added Mark Charkin as EVP BD & Advertising. (6/6/11)
    Posted 7/7/11 at 6:26am
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    King.com — King.com Announces Major Milestones: Catapults to Top 10 Facebook Game Developer Status, New Bubble Saga and Puzzle Saga Games Shoot to #2 in DAU and MAU Weekly Gainers (5/13/11)
    Posted 3/20/12 at 12:44pm via bizjournals.com

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Products

Bubble Saga
Bubble Witch Saga
Candy Crush Saga
Hoop De Loop Saga
Pyramid Solitaire Saga
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Sources

  1. King.com Buys Fabrication Games As It Pushes Onto Mobile, Eyes Possible 2013 IPO (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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    Game Maker King.com Now Seeing 1 Billion Plays Per Month, Joins Facebook Top 10 (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    New-hires in Social Gaming: King.com (insidesocialgames.com) [edit]
    New Hires in Social Gaming: East Side Games, King.com and Peak Games (insidesocialgames.com) [edit]
    King.com Buys Fabrication Games As It Pushes Onto Mobile, Eyes Possible 2013 IPO (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    King.com appoints Ex-Microsoft Executive as Chief Marketing Officer (prnewswire.com) [edit]
    King.com Strengthens Management Team with Industry Veteran Mark Charkin (prnewswire.com) [edit]
    King.com Announces Major Milestones: Catapults to Top 10 Facebook Game Developer Status, New Bubble Saga and Puzzle Saga Games Shoot to #2 in DAU and MAU Weekly Gainers (bizjournals.com) [edit]
    Game Maker King.com Now Seeing 1 Billion Plays Per Month, Joins Facebook Top 10 (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    King.com Steps Up Advertising Initiatives with New Hire (prnewswire.co.uk) [edit]
    King.com and Yahoo! Extend Multi-National Agreement to Latin America and U.S. Hispanic Markets (prnewswire.com) [edit]
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