1. Justin Waldron is an American internet entrepreneur known as the co-founder of Zynga, a mobile social gaming company, and Zynga.
20 Facts About Justin Waldron
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In 2020 Waldron co-founded Playco, a mobile instant game company backed by Sequoia Capital, where he currently serves as president.
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Justin Waldron is an angel investor in more than 50 technology companies and was named as one of the top 100 seed investors by Business Insider in 2021.
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Justin Waldron began programming his first video games and websites at 11 years old, shortly after receiving his first computer.
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Justin Waldron reverse engineered the disassembled MIPS machine code of PlayStation 2 games in his spare time to add his own features.
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In high school, Justin Waldron cracked Burger King's coupon code algorithm and launched a website to programmatically create unlimited free sandwich coupon codes for visitors.
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In 2007, Justin Waldron dropped out of The University of Connecticut and co-founded Zynga at 19 years old.
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Justin Waldron created Zynga's first title, Zynga Poker in 2007.
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In 2008, Justin Waldron led the game studio behind YoVille and later led product strategy across Zynga's studios.
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Justin Waldron lived in Tokyo during Zynga's expansion to Japan.
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Justin Waldron served as the SVP of Product at Zynga until 2013.
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In 2020, it was announced that Justin Waldron had co-founded Playco, which has received over $100 million in funding from Sequoia Capital and others.
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Justin Waldron is active in the Web3 and broader blockchain ecosystem.
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In 2017, Justin Waldron invested in the first blockchain focused hedge fund, Polychain Capital.
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In 2018, Justin Waldron became an advisor to Dapper Labs, the creators of CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot.
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Justin Waldron advises Immutable X, the first gas-free NFT platform on Ethereum.
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Justin Waldron has made early-stage investments, advised, or served on the board of directors for companies such as Substack, Lambda School, Kik Messenger, Asia Innovations Group, Snappr, and over 50 others.
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Justin Waldron is a mentor at Peter Thiel's Thiel Foundation, using his experience as a college dropout to help young entrepreneurs in the Thiel Fellowship's 20 under 20 program.
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Justin Waldron is a special advisor to the Shibuya city government in Tokyo, Japan.
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Justin Waldron's focus is helping to grow the startup ecosystem in Japan.