Zynga reportedly almost acquired Supercell for $400m in 2012, but deal fell through following failure of OMGPop
Zynga's founder Mark Pincus revealed that the company nearly acquired Supercell for $400 million in 2012, but the deal fell through due to Zynga's board concerns following the failure of its OMGPop acquisition. Pincus expressed regret over not pushing harder for the Supercell deal, which he believes would have been highly profitable.
- Entities
- Company: Supercell
- Company: Tencent
- Person: Ilkka Paananen
- Person: Don Mattrick
- Person: Mark Pincus
- Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions
- Company: Zynga Games
- Company: NaturalMotion
- Company: OMGPop
- Topic: Game Industry
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