Roy Sehgal

Roy Sehgal is an advisor at Homebrew and was previously with Zynga from January 2009 to December 2012 where they were the Vice President and General Manager. Roy is an entrepreneurial executive, general manager and product leader that built and scaled Zynga's freemium, games-as-a-service business. Led product, business, creative, engineering and operations teams to create and grow mass market, multi-platform social products. Helped take the company from a startup to a public company and over $1 Billion in revenues.

In 2011/2012, they were the Vice President and General Manager of the Casual Games Division where they founded the new division and built web and mobile products generating over $100 million annual revenues and 10 million daily active users. Roy led 150+ team, four studios and four GM's across SF, Seattle and Beijing. Roy also owned the P&L and overall leadership for the division that drove Zynga's entry into new product categories. New products included Hidden Chronicles (hidden object), Hidden Shadows, Zynga Slingo (slots meets bingo), Puzzle Charms (match-3) and Ruby Blast Adventures (match-3).

The following year in 2010/2011, they became the Vice President and General Manager of Zynga Direct where they led the creation and operation of Zynga's direct to consumer web strategy and products: Zynga.com, Zynga Social Center, RewardVille

Roy Sehgal is a graduate of The Wharton School, where they earned their Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, Marketing and Finance, cum laude.