Who is in the Adobe mafia?

Notable members include Brian Acton (WHATS APP), Abhay Parasnis (Microsoft), Steve Lucas (Boomi), Brett Wilson (TubeMogul), Joseph Ansanelli (Thankful), Dheeraj Pandey (DevRev), Vidhi Vakharia (Sculpt), Prajwal Prakash (Desklamp), among 103 tracked members.

What companies did Adobe alumni found?

Companies founded by Adobe alumni include WHATS APP, Microsoft, Boomi, TubeMogul, Thankful, DevRev, Sculpt, Desklamp, Martian, Manex AI.

The Adobe Mafia

103 people came through Adobe and went on to found or lead other companies.

Brian ActonQA EngineerFounded WHATS APP +1 Abhay ParasnisEVP, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) & Chief Strategy OfficerFounded Microsoft +2 Steve LucasMarketo, An Adobe Company (Previously Marketo CEO - acquired by Adobe)Founded Boomi +2 Brett WilsonVP and GM, AdvertisingFounded TubeMogul +1 Joseph AnsanelliDirector of Product ManagementFounded Thankful +1 Dheeraj PandeyBoard MemberFounded DevRev +1 Vidhi VakhariaSoftware EngineerFounded Sculpt +1 Prajwal PrakashResearch InternFounded Desklamp +1 Utkarsh SinhaSummer InternFounded Martian +1 Jason LopateckiSenior Director of Innovation and PTV, Adobe AdvertisingFounded TubeMogul +1 Tim HajekData AnalystFounded Manex AI +1 Trishala JainProduct StrategistFounded Buildbox +1 John VigourouxHead of Strategic OpportunitiesFounded Nex Cubed +1 Michael RoughsedgeGeneral Manager, Americas Commercial Sales, Adobe Global ServicesFounded Quisitive +1 Michael MignanoHead of Product, AviaryFounded Oboe Marissa Ramirez de ChanlatteResearch Scientist Intern - Computer Vision, Imaging & VideoFounded Prompt AI Pete VlastelicaBusiness Development MBA InternFounded Yardbarker John HughesVP of Product and Engineering, AdvertisingFounded TubeMogul Scott BelskyChief Strategy Officer, Executive Vice President of Design & Emerging ProductsFounded Behance Jordan KretchmerGM, Social Products and New Product DevelopmentFounded Carbon Robotics Frits HabermannVice President Core TechnologiesFounded PicMonkey Mark WebsterDirector, Head of Audio Products (DVA Group)Founded Sayspring Sindhuja JeyabalComputer Scientist / Product DevelopmentFounded Dost Education James HennesseyResearcherFounded Hypermile Lydia HanProduct Management ExternFounded ModernLoop Jared HansonLinux System Engineer InternFounded Flok Hrituraj SinghResearch FellowFounded Triomics Min Jin ChongResearch InternFounded Revery AI Christina SeongFinance InternFounded Versable Sachin JainSoftware Developer Internship, Adobe SystemsFounded Requestly Rob MorrisResearch InternFounded Koko Justin WeiSoftware Engineering InternFounded Phind Jahangir MohammedTechnical LeadFounded Cone Amrutavarsh KinagiSoftware Engineering InternFounded EzDubs Fengjiao PengResearch EngineerFounded Shortbread Benjamin GarveySenior Engineering ManagerFounded Common Paper John GlasgowDirector, Finance & StrategyFounded Campfire Josh StrobelSoftware Engineer InternFounded Envelope Abdul JamjoomSoftware Engineering InternFounded Arini Samagra SharmaResearch InternFounded Whip Sean IsomComputer ScientistFounded renderlet Rajaram SrinivasanSoftware Development Engineer 2Founded Unbound Vignesh SubbiahSoftware Engineering InternFounded Unbound Kashif AliSoftware Engineering InternFounded TaxGPT Alexander SeutinSoftware Engineering InternFounded Drillbit Abhilash ChowdharySenior Member of Technical StaffFounded Crustdata Lucas TuckerSoftware Engineer InternFounded Velvet Keenan VenutiData AnalystFounded Vector Legal Kurush DubashSoftware EngineerFounded Dome Parth MaheshwariMember Of Technical StaffFounded Mochatrade Jeni Diaz AxlineEnterprise Account DirectorFounded Parenthoods Cameron MacArthurInternFounded AI Insurance Jonathan CorbinEngagement ManagerFounded Maven AGI Nir ZichermanLead Server EngineerFounded Oboe Emery WellsFounder Frame.io & VP, Creative CloudFounded Frame.io Mir HaqueHead of Business Model Strategy & Pricing-Adobe Acrobat & Document CloudFounded Fairbanc Umang BediManaging Director - South AsiaFounded Dailyhunt Bhanu SharmaSenior Product ManagerFounded Maker Stéphane DehocheVP SolutionsFounded imagino Hana YangWorldwide Education BU Marketing AnalystFounded Allocate Holdings Kenny ScottSr. Manager of Technology Risk, Governance & ComplianceFounded Paramify Mohit YadavMember of Technical Staff 2Founded Bolt Earth Aniket DeshpandeSoftware EngineerFounded isoquant Mingi KwonResearch InternFounded Familiar Radley MarxLead DesignerFounded Mixwit Matt ColyerDirector of Product ManagementFounded Easel Erick LeeManager Secure Software EngineeringFounded Selfycart Guy ShaharSenior Digital Strategy AssociateFounded Blee Abhishek OjhaSenior Quality EngineerFounded Fegmo Raj MallempatiProduct Marketing, Acrobat Product LineFounded Blueflag Security Forest KeyVP, PM - Agentic + FireflyFounded Pixvana Matt BelkinVice President, Customer Strategy & Business DevelopmentFounded Parsable Ajay DankarSr. DirectorFounded Trussed AI Jason KulatungaSenior Computer Scientist 2Founded Fasten Health Akshat JainComputer ScientistFounded Cyware Verl AllenDirector of Business StrategyFounded Claravine Gaurav BharajResearch InternFounded Reality Defender Zeev FarbmanAdobe Research InternFounded Lightricks Marion FreijsenStrategic Business Advisor, Commerce Strategy Lead, EMEAFounded Efactor Group Tobias PeggsIntegrationFounded Square Roots Cassidy WilliamsStudent RepresentativeFounded Cosynd Doron Roberts-KedesSoftware Developer InternFounded Tradewing Nick LyonMarketing and Campaign Effectiveness ManagerFounded Journeyfront Loek JanssenEngineeringFounded Nova Credit Shubham SikkaSr. Member Of Technical StaffFounded Alaroworld Swetabh PathakResearch InternFounded Elucidata Venkat SathyamurthyHead of Platform and EcosystemFounded Tractable Chirag SinglaResearch FellowFounded Figr Dave RigottiDirector, Account-based MarketingFounded Inflection Xiaoyong SHENResearch InternFounded 思谋科技 (SmartMore)Jonathan PolottoADV project Communication ManagerFounded Involve Space Devon CopleyPrincipal Product Manager, Firefly Enterprise VideoFounded Avatour Ameer BrownSoftware Quality Engineer IIIFounded Breakr Clint SavageDesigner (Contractor)Founded Parallel Atul Satijaglobal alliances managerFounded The Nudge Michael CioniSr. Director, Global InnovationFounded Strada Media

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Adobe mafia?: The Adobe mafia is the network of 103 people who came through Adobe and went on to found or lead other companies, including WHATS APP, Microsoft, Boomi, TubeMogul, Thankful.
Who is in the Adobe mafia?: Notable members include Brian Acton (WHATS APP), Abhay Parasnis (Microsoft), Steve Lucas (Boomi), Brett Wilson (TubeMogul), Joseph Ansanelli (Thankful), Dheeraj Pandey (DevRev), Vidhi Vakharia (Sculpt), Prajwal Prakash (Desklamp), among 103 tracked members.
What companies did Adobe alumni found?: Companies founded by Adobe alumni include WHATS APP, Microsoft, Boomi, TubeMogul, Thankful, DevRev, Sculpt, Desklamp, Martian, Manex AI.