You make several good points, I would add: I've seen the inner workings of a few situations (not Mark's though) - all I can say, as a general statement, is tha

You make several good points, I would add: I've seen the inner workings of a few situations (not Mark's though) - all I can say, as a general statement, is that one person is rarely responsible for all a company's problems (especially a company as large as Zynga). It is easy to pin something on a CEO, but you also have to realize that a CEO typically reports to VCs and VCs report to the bottom line on their portfolios. In turn, only a few people report to the CEO and there can be a lot of mismanagement that is out of the CEO's governance. Again, this is a general statement - I can't say anything more about Mark's situation without having been there. Well, now I guess he has all the money he needs and does not have to report to anyone - whatever he does next should be the true judge of character :)