Burak Vardal is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Istanbul-based mobile game company Rollic, acquired by the global gaming giant Zynga in 2020 with a valuation of $220M. Prior to his career at Rollic and Zynga, Burak managed the EMEA market for AdColony and was responsible for Growth. Burak earned bachelor's degrees in Law and Sociology from Bilgi University with a full scholarship. Besides his professional career, Burak is an ex-player of the Turkish National Tennis Team with an ATP ranking. He is a game enthusiast, chess player, and the youngest entrepreneur to achieve an exit story of only 20 months in Turkey’s tech scene. Zynga is a wholly owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.