Bernard Kim

Bernard Kim is the CEO and a Board Director of Match Group, Inc., a top provider of digital technologies aimed at fostering meaningful connections. With over two decades of leadership experience in the mobile, entertainment, and gaming industries, Bernard oversees a portfolio of brands that includes Tinder, Hinge, Match, Meetic, Hyperconnect, OkCupid, Pairs, Plenty of Fish, BLK, Stir, and OurTime. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE), a fast-growing value retailer.

Before his current role, Bernard was President of Zynga, where he built and led a global team responsible for marketing, user acquisition, ad monetization, revenue, communications, consumer insights, data science, product management, business development, partnerships, M&A, and player network.

At Zynga, Bernard played a key role in the company's turnaround, significantly enhancing player engagement and monetization strategies that set the standard for live services in mobile technology today. Under his leadership, Zynga's market cap grew by 300%, and the company expanded into new platforms, markets, and audiences. He was pivotal in Zynga’s acquisitions and its expansion into blockchain gaming, hyper-casual gaming, and new platforms like the Nintendo Switch, Snapchat, and smart home devices. In 2020, he was recognized as a ‘Mobile Legend’ at Pocket Gamer’s Mobile Games Awards.

Prior to Zynga, Bernard spent nearly a decade at Electronic Arts Inc. as the Senior Vice President of Mobile Publishing. There, he oversaw mobile distribution, strategy, product management, analytics, network engagement, marketing, revenue demand planning, business development, third-party publishing, and mergers & acquisitions. He also led EA’s games division in Asia, bringing EA franchises to billions of players.

Earlier in his career, Bernard was the Director of Sales and Channel Strategy at The Walt Disney Company, where he managed sales and retail for Disney Mobile.

Bernard holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Economics and Communications from Boston College.