about us

Slide creates virtual worlds where users can have fun and even make a profit.

As one of the pioneer app developers on popular social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, Slide has become the world’s leading community-driven entertainment company. We offer millions of people worldwide the ability to engage, communicate and socialize with one another through our portfolio of fun apps and virtual communities including SuperPoke! Pets, Top Fish, SPP Ranch and SuperPocus Academy of Magic. Our users can create their own masterpieces with virtual jellybeans, care for their online pets, or send virtual gifts to all of their friends.

As we look at the future of social entertainment, Slide’s vision is to build communities that fuel the creation and distribution of virtual goods—a market that is forecasted to hit at least $1.6 billion in the U.S. this year.

our team

max levchin libor michalek kevin freedman keith rabois mike huang jared fliesler viva chu john duncan

Max Levchin

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Max is the CEO and visionary behind Slide, the largest social entertainment company in the world and developer of the most engaging applications on social networks. Max is also renowned as the co-founder of PayPal, an expert in combating online fraud and one of the hardest working entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.

Before starting Slide, he incubated several other start-ups, including Yelp, where he currently sits as Chairman of the Board. Max started PayPal in 1998, took the company public in 2002 and then sold it to eBay for more than $1.5 billion at the age of 26.

Originally from Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union), Max moved to Chicago at the age of 16 and later received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Max sits on the board of several other companies and trains for triathlons when he's not obsessing over Slide's business.

Libor Michalek

Chief Technology Officer

Libor is Chief Technology Officer at Slide Inc. As CTO, Libor is responsible for all technology strategy and development for the company's virtual communities and social entertainment applications. Prior to joining Slide in 2005, Libor was a member of the founding team and a software architect at Topspin, which was bought by Cisco in 2005. While there, Libor built and led multiple engineering groups from intial product design, through R&D and into final production. He also worked with Topspin's largest customers on product deployments and new product designs based on technical requirements and feasibility. Before Topspin, Libor also served in software architecture and management positions at Egroups.com (bought by Yahoo!), Talarian (bought by Tibco), Thinking Machines Corporation and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.

Born in the Czech Republic, Libor moved to the U.S. at age 6. He grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and holds a bachelor of science degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he and Slide CEO Max Levchin were classmates. In his free time, Libor enjoys skiing and hiking.

Kevin Freedman

Chief Financial Officer

Kevin is Chief Financial Officer at Slide, where he is responsible for finance, accounting, analytics and community operations. Before joining Slide in 2005, Kevin spent six years at eBay and PayPal, where he was instrumental in building PayPal's finance organization as revenue grew from $225 million to $1 billion.

Prior to PayPal, he was responsible for eBay's corporate financial planning. Kevin joined eBay in 2000 following the company's $350 million acquisition of Half.com, where he was a key member of Half's finance team. Kevin began his career in the audit practice of Ernst & Young. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Lehigh University and became a Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania in 1997.

Keith Rabois

Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development

Keith is Executive Vice President, Strategy & Business Development at Slide, where he is responsible for Slide's corporate strategy, partnerships and acquisitions. Under his leadership, Slide has become one of the leading and largest social entertainment companies on the Facebook platform.

Before joining Slide, Keith served as Vice President of Business & Corporate Development at LinkedIn, where he was responsible for generating new revenue streams. Prior to LinkedIn, Keith served as Executive Vice President at PayPal, directing the company's competitive strategy and business development initiatives. After leaving PayPal, Keith was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Clarium Capital Management, the global hedge fund led by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.

Keith currently serves on the Board of Directors of Yelp, Milo, Xoom and FanIQ. He is also an early investor in YouTube and several other high profile early stage start-ups. Keith holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Mike Huang

Executive Vice President, Slide China

Mike is responsible for the overall operation and development of Slide China, while continuing to play a key role in defining Slide's overall product strategy. Prior to being appointed to Executive Vice President Slide China, Mike was the vice president of product and was instrumental in the development and success of the company’s top applications, including SuperPoke! Pets, Slide Show, Top Friends, FunSpace and SuperPoke!.

Before joining Slide in 2005, Mike led the global product design team at Oracle for the release of its industry-leading sales analytics products. While there, he increased the product's adoption rate by 75 percent. Mike also led a product management group at Blue Martini, where he delivered the first e-commerce product with integrated business intelligence and data mining capabilities.

Mike graduated with distinction from the University of Georgia with a degree in mathematics. He also received a M.S. in operations research from North Carolina State University and competed in NCAA tennis.

Jared Fliesler

Executive Producer, SuperPoke! Pets

Jared Fliesler is Executive Producer, SuperPoke! Pets (SPP) at Slide Inc., where he directs strategy, product, design and engineering. He is focused on fostering and growing the already passionate SPP community. In his earlier role at Slide, as director of business development, Jared was responsible for managing media partnerships, leading strategic initiatives and creating first-to-market advertising deals. He also ran payments innovation, managed platform policy and was responsible for expanding the global footprint of Slide’s products.

Prior to joining Slide, Jared managed business development for Entrust Administration, an investment firm. He also worked as an in-house consultant in corporate marketing for California Bank and Trust, where he spearheaded new product roll-outs, sponsorship and branch-wide marketing programs. Jared graduated summa cum laude from the University of San Francisco with a B.S.B.A.

Viva Chu

Vice President, Virtual Worlds Studio

Viva is Vice President, Virtual Worlds Studio at Slide where he leads the product management and development of virtual communities and economies. Prior to Slide, Viva was the founder and CEO of Handipoints, a leading virtual world for kids. Before starting Handipoints, Viva was chief architect and director of applications development at Adteractive, where he oversaw the technology direction and launch of six lead generation product lines.

Prior to Adteractive, Viva was the founder and CTO of Transplay Inc, a pioneer in online advertising within Playstation and Xbox video games. He has also held senior management positions at MetaTV, an interactive television platform provider acquired by Comcast, and at Viador, where he helped define industry standards for portlets and enterprise information portals. Viva is a die-hard Duke basketball fan where he graduated with a B.A. in public policy and computer science.

John Duncan

General Counsel

John has been a member of Slide's management team since 2005 and is a respected attorney in the areas of corporate governance, taxation and intellectual property law. Prior to Slide, John was an attorney with several leading law firms with significant private equity practices, including Venture Law Group, Nixon Peabody, LLP, and Shearman & Sterling. He was also an investment banker with Bank of America Securities.

John received his J.D and Masters of Laws degrees from New York University School of Law and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Slavic Languages from Stanford University. John is an avid sailor and the father of two boys.

fast facts

founded
2005

founder
Max Levchin

headquarters
San Francisco

employees
125
office locations
San Francisco, USA and Shanghai, China and Bandung, Indonesia
investors
1. Mayfield Fund
2. Blue Run Ventures
3. Khosla Ventures
4. Founders Fund
reach
1. 200+ countries
2. 27M+ unique users per month
3. 100 SuperPokes a second
4. 5M sheep thrown daily
5. 1M virtual gifts sent on SuperPoke! Pets each day
6. More than 1M fish released daily in Top Fish
7. More than 100 spells cast a minute in SuperPocus Academy of Magic
8. More than 27M user created items sold on SuperPoke! Pets