King Digital Entertainment Company Profile

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Company Name	King Digital Entertainment
Website	king.com
Snippet	King.com Limited, trading as King and also known as King Digital Entertainment, is a video game developer based in St. Julian's, Malta that specialises in social games. King gained fame after releasing the cross-platform title Candy Crush Saga in 2012, considered one of the most financially successful games utilising the freemium model. King was acquired by Activision Blizzard in February 2016 for US$5.9 billion, and operates as its own entity within that company. King is led by Riccardo Zacconi, who has served in the role of chief executive officer since co-founding the company in 2003.[1] Gerhard Florin took over Melvyn Morris's role as chairman in November 2014. As of 2017, King employs 2,000 people.[2]
Type	Subsidiary
Parent	Activision Blizzard (2016–present)
Founded	2003
Website	king.com
Founders	Riccardo Zacconi, Toby Rowland, Mel Morris, Thomas Hartwig, Sebastian Knutsson, Lars Markgren, Patrik Stymne
Industry	Video games
Products	Candy Crush Saga
Key people	Humam Sakhnini (president), Sebastian Knutsson (CCO)
Area served	Worldwide
Headquarters	St. Julian's, Malta
Number of employees	2,000 (2017)
Number of locations	11 studios (2019)

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