Jens founded Wooga in 2009. With more than 48 million monthly active users, Wooga is the world’s third largest creator of social games for facebook and mobile. Wooga has launched six games so far — Brain Buddies, Bubble Island, Monster World, Happy Hospital, Diamond Dash and Magic Land — each one a social gaming ground-breaker.
Jens is enthusiastic about people, play and technology. Guiding a team of talented people to develop quality games of a social nature fulfills one of his lifelong ambitions. Located in the heart of Berlin, Wooga employs over 180 people from 30 nations. Before creating Wooga Jens was Chief Product Officer & Member of the Management Board at Jamba (Jamster), where he aided the company in becoming a world leader in mobile entertainment products.
To read more:
Ich will etwas Großes schaffen – Jens Begemann Interview, Der Tagesspiegel
Social Games: Making Publishers Obsolete – Jens Begemann at Casual Connect Europe 2011
Playing is a Core Human Desire – Jens Begemann at Game Developers Conference Europe, 2011
Test. Test. Test: How Wooga turned the Games Business into a Science – Wired Magazine UK