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Rick Thompson

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Rick is a serial entrepreneur, in a good way. Prior to founding Playdom, Rick co-founded and served as CEO and/or chairman of two successful Internet technology companies, Adify and FlyCast Communications. Rick was also on the founding team of Octel Communications, a leading manufacturer of voice information processing systems. As the oldest (and, um, wisest) member of Playdom’s founding team, Rick helps shape business strategy and reminds us to always think big. Rick holds a BS in psychology from UCSC and an MBA from the Wharton School.

Recent Milestones

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  Rick Thompson added a position as Board member at Rumble. (4/1/11)
  Posted 1/31/13 at 8:29pm
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  Rick Thompson invested in SocialShield. (10/5/10)
  Posted 10/5/10 at 9:24am via techcrunch.com
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  Rick Thompson — Rick Thompson invested in PostRelease. (6/7/10)
  Posted 7/12/12 at 2:34pm via postrelease.com
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  Rick Thompson invested in Nativo. (6/7/10)
  Posted 8/8/12 at 2:48pm via postrelease.com
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  Rick Thompson — Rick Thompson invested in social and mobile developer, Cie Games. (6/7/10)
  Posted 7/12/12 at 2:33pm via wsj.com
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  Rick Thompson invested in Playdom. (11/11/09)
  Posted 11/11/09 at 12:41pm via techcrunch.com
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  Rick Thompson added a position as Founding Chairman at Adify. (8/1/05)
  Posted 1/31/13 at 8:14pm
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  Rick Thompson added a position as Founding CEO & Chairman at Flycast Communications. (1/1/96)
  Posted 1/31/13 at 8:20pm
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  Rick Thompson added to Wild Needle.
  Posted 12/29/10 at 4:57am
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  Rick Thompson added a position as Chairman of the board at Funzio.
  Posted 5/10/11 at 3:46am
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  Rick Thompson added a position as Co-founder & Chairman at Playdom.
  Posted 5/28/09 at 11:02am

Investments

Videos

Sources

Brands Friending Social Gaming Amid New Web Craze (online.wsj.com) [edit]
PostRelease Key Investors (postrelease.com) [edit]
1. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. postrelease.com [edit]
3. Exclusive: Playdom Raises A Huge Round At A Huge Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]