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Farmville's Sketchy Parent Company Worth Over $7 Billion
Max Read · 02/14/11 12:46AM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/18k27805lx5tujpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Hey! Looks like exploiting the weaknesses of addicts and kids does pay off: Investors are considering pouring another $250 million into gaming company Zynga, Inc. "in a deal that could value the three-year-old start-up at between $7 billion and $9 billion," according to The Wall Street Journal. That's right, the company behind Farmville is worth—according to always-rational investors—seven billion dollars. Time to short the human race. [WSJ]