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Discord appoints Humam Sakhnini as CEO amid IPO preparation and gaming strategy shift
24 Apr 2025 08:03 GMT
… initial public offering.
Sakhnini, who also previously led mobile gaming company King—maker of Candy Crush …
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Discord co-founder steps down, appoints new CEO ahead of IPO
24 Apr 2025 00:01 GMT
… Warcraft, and Candy Crush.
Before that, he was President of King Digital Entertainment … bankers to talk about an initial public offering (IPO) as soon as this year … for the moment, and any IPO inclinations among the firm’s …
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Mobile gaming IPOs surge to 47 per cent of total market, report says
10 Dec 2024 12:47 GMT
… by Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) that have enabled companies to … billion in its 2011 IPO, and King Digital Entertainment, which secured … 2014 with the success of ‘Candy Crush Saga.’
Recent years have … leader in the global gaming IPO market, with the region …
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Why Discord founder Jason Citron is stepping down from CEO job | exclusive interview
23 Apr 2025 18:06 GMT
… until it went through its initial public offering. But now Citron has … of Warcraft, and Candy Crush. Thanks to Candy Crush, helped King grow operating income … was still headed for an IPO, Citron said, “No … .
At Activision Blizzard and King, all the positions I …
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Who is Humam Sakhnini? Meet Discord's new CEO replacing Jason Citron
23 Apr 2025 23:48 GMT
… mobile game Candy Crush. Sakhnini was also the President of King Digital Entertainment … planning on launching its own initial public offering (IPO). However, these reports have not …
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After billions in acquisitions, Zynga has still sold for less than its late-2011 IPO price
10 Jan 2022 19:15 GMT
… a few months after the initial public offering trading higher than that price … below the company’s 2011 IPO price of $10 a … Zynga at lower than the IPO price. Take-Two shares were … Inc.
ATVI,
which bought “Candy Crush” maker King Digital in 2015, have already …
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Zynga, Once the King of Facebook Games, Has Made a Dramatic Comeback. Then Why Has Its Stock Taken a Dive?
11 Aug 2021 20:29 GMT
After a decade of rebuilding, mobile games giant Zynga has made a comeback. The company that once kept people glued to Facebook with FarmVille and sparked countless games of Words With Friends released an earnings report last week for its best second …
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A coffee with…Mel Morris, CEO and co-founder, Corpora.ai
24 Apr 2025 13:12 GMT
… mobile gaming company King, known for successes such as Candy Crush, and a … real world.
Did you think Candy Crush would be a success when … chairman through to the IPO.
The key to King’s success wasn …
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Discord appoints new CEO as Jason Citron prepares to step down
23 Apr 2025 23:45 GMT
… things steady at King Digital (the company behind Candy Crush). His track record … and might be eyeing an IPO down the road.
In fact …
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Discord appoints former Activision Blizzard exec Humam Sakhnini as CEO
23 Apr 2025 19:34 GMT
… the company is eyeing an IPO, Discord appointed former Activision Blizzard … Sakhnini, along with its impending IPO, may make fans wary that … -owned King, a mobile gaming developer that makes games like Candy Crush, which …