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The Google Mafia

1,676 people came through Google and went on to found or lead other companies.

Elad GilProduct ManagementFounded Brain Co. +1 Kai-Fu LeeVice PresidentFounded 01 Jess LeeAssociate Product ManagerFounded Polyvore Aydin SenkutSales Manager, Strategic AccountsFounded Felicis Arash FerdowsiSoftware Engineer InternFounded Dropbox Evan WilliamsProgram Manager, BloggerFounded Obvious Ventures +1 Cameron AdamsUser Interface DesignerFounded Canva Ben SilbermannProduct SpecialistFounded Audiobeta +2 Max LevchinVP of EngineeringFounded PayPal +2 Ilya SutskeverResearch ScientistFounded Safe Superintelligence +1 Mustafa SuleymanVP, AI Product Management & AI PolicyFounded Google Deepmind +2 Aravind SrinivasResearch InternFounded Perplexity Dario AmodeiSenior Research ScientistFounded Anthropic Fei-Fei LiChief Scientist of AI/ML; Vice PresidentFounded World Labs Michael TruellInternFounded Cursor Jonathan RossSoftware EngineerFounded Groq Inc Arvind JainDistinguished EngineerFounded Glean +2 Gabriel PereyraBrain ResidentFounded Harvey Prasanna SankarInternFounded Rippling Abraham BachrachSoftware Engineer, Project Wing Google[X]Founded Skydio Adam BrySoftware Engineer, Project Wing Google[x]Founded Skydio Nick FrosstRSWE - Google BrainFounded Cohere Brent HobermanGoogle Cloud EMEA Advisory BoardFounded Founders Pledge +4 Andrew NgFounder and Lead, Google Brain (Deep Learning) projectFounded Factored +3 Dennis CrowleyProduct Manager ("Dodgeball" mobile service)Founded Street FC +3 Wan Li ZhuGeneral Manager, AdSenseFounded Harvard Founder Network +2 Merrill AnovickAssociate Product Marketing Manager, GmailFounded Lynd Clinical +2 Thomas DübendorferSoftware Engineer and Tech LeadFounded Spontacts +2 Ryan JuneeProduct ManagerFounded Ostro +2 Sumit AgarwalSenior Product ManagerFounded Ariodata +2 Dan SirokerProduct ManagerFounded Limitless +2 Shishir MehrotraYouTube - Chief Product Officer / Chief Technology OfficerFounded Coda +2 Andrew LeeDirector of Engineering, FirebaseFounded Tasklet +2 Rajagopal NatarajanGoogle Summer of Code StudentFounded Curefit +2 Ryan XueFellowFounded Andco +2 Ashutosh GargStaff Research ScientistFounded Viven +2 Kuang ChenEngineering internFounded Antara +2 Lei XuRevenue AccelerationFounded Workstream Technologies, Inc. +2 Sukhinder Singh CassidyGM, Google Local and MapsFounded Yodlee +2 Rob SpiroProduct ManagerFounded Prolong +2 Artem PetakovSoftware Engineer / Tech LeadFounded NOOM, INC. +2 Miriam RiveraVice President/Deputy General CounselFounded Ulu Ventures +1 Fabian HeilemannDirector GeneralFounded Aenu +1 Ferry HeilemannGeneral Director Google Offers DACHFounded Aenu +1 Mike McCauleyProduct Manager, BufferBoxFounded Garage Capital +1 Elizabeth YinProduct Marketing Manager: developer productsFounded LaunchBit +1 David FriedbergCorporate Development & Business Product ManagerFounded Ohalo Genetics +1 Michael MaProduct ManagerFounded Liquid2 +1 Zach WeinbergVacationFounded Curie Bio +1 Andy KonwinskiInternFounded Perplexity +1 Yury MelnichekSoftware EngineerFounded Rainbow +1 Surojit ChatterjeeHead of Payment Products, Asia Pacific RegionFounded Ema +1 Ash AshutoshGlobal Director Solution SalesFounded Actifio +1 Rob WitoffSecurityFounded ChalkTalk +1 Jeff MerkelDirector, AndroidFounded Ladder Financial +1 Paolo PriviteraMentor at Google Launchpad AcceleratorFounded 1521 Capital +1 Joseph LauAssociate Technology Manager InternFounded Alchemy Insights, Inc. +1 Aditya RajagopalResearcher at Google[x] Life SciencesFounded Esperto Medical +1 Amr AwadallahVP of Developer Relations, Google CloudFounded ZIR-AI +1 Rikard SteiberGlobal Marketing Director - Ads, Mobile & Social AdvertisingFounded GoodTrust +1 Sohail PrasadSoftware Engineering InternFounded D/XYZ +1 Nate SmithAssociate Product ManagerFounded Collate +1 Min Ming LoUser Experience InternFounded Hyperink +1 Quin HoxieSummer of Code DeveloperFounded Fixture +1 Mehul NariyawalaProduct Manager for Google ResearchFounded Matic Robots +1 Qasar YounisGroup Product Manager, Google MapsFounded TalkBin +1 Robby WalkerSenior Software EngineerFounded Zenter +1 Austin LockwoodAssociate Product Marketing ManagerFounded Remoov +1 Ben LernerSoftware EngineerFounded Espresso AI +1 Sam O'KeefeChief of Staff, Google CloudFounded Flex +1 Rob AttorriSenior Product ManagerFounded LightTable +1 Stephen LakeAdvisor, Product & Business Strategy, Senior Director of Product, Devices & ServicesFounded Jetson Home +1 Ted PowerUX DesignerFounded Versa +1 Abeer AgrawalInternFounded Theorem +1 Vasco PedroInternFounded Spinnable +1 Zack LiscioCommerceFounded Cloud Capital +1 Bernardo de PaduaGoogle Summer of Code StudentFounded Quero Educaçăo +1 Sam LiTechnical Account ManagerFounded Thoropass +1 Raymond (George) KennedySoftware Engineering InternFounded Rhythmm +1 Jon LernerSoftware Engineer (Intern)Founded Textnow +1 Devin FinzerSoftware Engineer Intern, Google Cloud PlatformFounded Ozone Networks +1 Eric LevineSoftware EngineerFounded Clawvisor +1 David NordhausenNew Business SalesFounded Fastgen +1 Eric ParkSoftware EngineerFounded SF Compute +1 Shyam SrinivasanHardware EngineerFounded Zitara +1 Victor NogueraSales InternFounded Labsense +1 Curtis FongerSoftware EngineerFounded Appetas +1 Nicolas le JeuneAccount Executive, Online Sales - Google CloudFounded Courtyard +1 Paul ButlerSoftware EngineerFounded Drifting In Space +1 Prathik MuppidiSenior Sensor Hardware EngineerFounded Autumn Labs +1 Miquel LlobetProduct ManagerFounded Coverwatch +1 Brandon BallingerStaff Software EngineerFounded Empirical Health +1 Alston LinSoftware EngineerFounded Bizwise +1 Konstantin WohlwendSoftware Engineering InternFounded Hexclave +1 Sean MillerTech Lead and Full-stack engineerFounded Blueberry Health +1

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Google mafia?: The Google mafia is the network of 1,676 people who came through Google and went on to found or lead other companies, including Brain Co., 01, Polyvore, Felicis, Dropbox.
Who is in the Google mafia?: Notable members include Elad Gil (Brain Co.), Kai-Fu Lee (01), Jess Lee (Polyvore), Aydin Senkut (Felicis), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Evan Williams (Obvious Ventures), Cameron Adams (Canva), Ben Silbermann (Audiobeta), among 1,676 tracked members.
What companies did Google alumni found?: Companies founded by Google alumni include Brain Co., 01, Polyvore, Felicis, Dropbox, Obvious Ventures, Canva, Audiobeta, PayPal, Safe Superintelligence.