Mr Riccardo Zacconi, speaking at Social Gaming and Virtual Goods

Mr Riccardo Zacconi,
CEO
king.com

As an innovative thought-leader in the world of web 2.0 technologies, Riccardo Zacconi adds his entrepreneurial spirit and passion for the world of online games and commerce to the success of King.com.

Riccardo Zacconi is the CEO and co-founder of King.com, the world’s leading cross-platform social games developer. With over 20 years of experience in strategic management, consulting and e-commerce, Zacconi brings exceptional knowledge and expertise to both the social and casual games domains. In his role as CEO and co-founder, he has led the creation of more than 200 games in 14 languages, with over 600 million games played per month through the company’s premier destination site, King.com (www.king.com), as well as on Facebook and on mobile devices. Additionally, Zacconi has been instrumental in leading the company’s executive team in securing industry leading partnership with brands such as Real Networks and Yahoo.

Prior to establishing King.com, Zacconi was vice president of sales and marketing in Europe for the successful dating service, uDate.com, and was instrumental in driving the market penetration and partnerships which led to the eventual buyout by InterActive Corporation (IAC). Before that, he was CEO for Spray Network, the online portal in Hamburg, with presence in Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. In this role, Zacconi demonstrated his understanding for developing solid company strategy, intelligent plans for sustainable growth and strategic partnerships, which led to the successful sale of Spray Network to Lycos for $764 million.

The foundations of Zacconi’s career can be found in mergers and acquisitions for both LEK partnership and Boston Consulting Group in Germany.

Appearing:

Conference Day 2: Monetisation Day - Wednesday 7th December

09.50

Panel Discussion: Should developers move on from Facebook?

• Has Facebook become a ‘red ocean’?
• What are the alternatives to Facebook?
• Does Facebook still offer viral potential?
• Indentifying how Facebook can be used as an acquisition platform

Kaven Stewart,

co-founder and SVP of Product ,
LOLapps

Mr Riccardo Zacconi,

CEO,
king.com

Mr Henning Kosmack,

CEO,
MegaZebra

Mr Bobby McFarland,

Senior Director of Virtual Currency,
Adknowledge

Julie Shumaker,

SVP of Media,
RockYou

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