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The Meta Mafia

297 people came through Meta and went on to found or lead other companies.

Nat FriedmanAI ProductsFounded Xamarin Drew HoustonBoard of DirectorsFounded Dropbox +1 Gabriel PereyraResearch ScientistFounded Harvey James EveringhamVP of Engineering, Developer InfrastructureFounded LiveOps +2 Adil WaliSenior Director of Product, PaymentsFounded Modcloth +1 Cullen WilsonProduct LeadFounded WP Engine +1 Alston LinSoftware EngineerFounded Bizwise +1 Ethan ByrdSoftware EngineerFounded Actual +1 Ray LiaoResearch InternFounded Empallo +1 Adeniyi AbiodunProduct Lead, Novi (Crypto)Founded Peernova +1 Saurabh DoshiManaging Director, Asia-Pacific (Products & Partnerships Facebook & Instagram)Founded Optimizegeo +1 Felipe BaytelmanSr. Staff Software Engineer, InstagramFounded Enara Health +1 David MarcusHead of NoviFounded Lightspark Tomer BarelVP, Chief Operating Officer, NoviFounded Lightspark Atul RaghunathanAds Machine Learning EngineerFounded Hyperbound Hugo BarraVP of VRFounded Detect Alex CollmerGlobal Creative CouncilFounded Vidmob Will KantarosSWEFounded Decent Stan ChudnovskyVice President and GMFounded Wonderhill Jan ErikEngineering Director, MapsFounded Mapillary Marketplace, SAAS Ben ParrMoltbookFounded Octane AI Jaroslav BeckDirector - Studio Head & Music partnerships - Beat Games (post exit)Founded BottleCap AI Vinay HiremathSoftware Engineer InternFounded Loom Jason ShenProduct Manager, FacebookFounded Ridejoy Austin ChangSenior Director, Product Management - Head of Core Product, VR/MRFounded Fridge Ryan DamicoProduct Lead, Meta Reality LabsFounded Crocodoc Michael HornProduct ManagerFounded Craft Coffee Ben HerilaSoftware Engineer, AI Pod LeadFounded Underground Cellar Alex AndonProductFounded Jellyfish Art David AskaryanProductFounded MoFE Norman PonteSoftware EngineerFounded Zumo Labs Annie HwangProductFounded Jemi Edoardo ContiSenior Software Engineer, Machine LearningFounded Bandit ML James HennesseyEngineering ManagerFounded Hypermile Garrison BellackSoftware Engineer, Autonomous Flight Systems, InternshipFounded DreamWorld Jagath VytheeswaranEngineeringFounded Vogent Daniel HabibSoftware EngineerFounded True3D Michael YanSoftwareFounded Simplify Ethan HoroschakSoftware Engineer InternFounded Simplify Omar ThanawallaSoftware Engineer, ProductFounded Soco Shri SukhaniEngineeringFounded Hyperbrowser Namit ChadhaProductFounded Shape Ulysse MizrahiAI Research ScientistFounded Mindmesh Chirag MahapatraEngineering LeaderFounded Blaze Ambareesh BalajiFrontend EngineerFounded Hyperbeam Glen WisePrivacy Engineer, Red TeamFounded Cinder Aamir HuddaProductFounded Attain Tullie MurrellApplied Research Scientist at FAIR (Facebook AI Research)Founded Shaped Charles BaiAI EngineerFounded Paces Agni BhattacharyaProduct ManagerFounded Alma Rahul PandeyTech Lead + ManagerFounded Taro Bernard AceitunoAI Research ScientistFounded StackAI Shivam BharukaStaff Software EngineerFounded Finn Nicolas MachadoProductFounded Lume Georgia HongSoftware EngineerFounded Rubber Ducky Labs Akash MandavilliProduct ManagerFounded GovEagle Yotam HamielSoftware EngineerFounded Magicflow 𐂂 Yansen ZhouSenior Software EngineerFounded Hippo Scribe Hemant GangoliaSenior Software EngineerFounded Rally Tax Sal CalvoProduct GrowthFounded Muffin Data Jason RudinProduct ManagerFounded Clad Ann ChanProduct ManagerFounded Berry Taylor LoweProduct ManagerFounded Metal James O'DwyerEngineering ManagerFounded Metal Sergio PradaSoftware EngineerFounded Metal Philip KungSoftware Engineer InternFounded Sweetspot Max KerrStaff Privacy EngineerFounded Talc Daniel AlbersonProduct ManagementFounded Punchcard Hussein SyedSoftware EngineerFounded Arcimus Kyle ArchieConversational AI Product Manager - Reality LabsFounded Lysto Will LawrenceProduct Manager, AML and Sanction ComplianceFounded Bretton AI Ann WuTechnical Program Management InternFounded Silimate Pablo PalafoxResearch InternFounded HappyRobot Samuel SanSoftware Engineer InternFounded RecipeUI Shivam SinghalSoftware EngineerFounded Structured Labs Di QiMachine Learning EngineerFounded Lantern Vishnu HariProduct ManagerFounded ego Daryl LimSoftware EngineerFounded Tracecat Andrew BassSoftware Engineer Intern (3x)Founded Poka Labs Siddharth GirdharSoftware Engineer InternshipFounded Pivot Robotics Dhruhin KurliSoftware EngineerFounded Patchwork Adam SteinleProduct ManagerFounded Verse Therapy Richard GreenbaumSoftware EngineerFounded Lucite Julius AdebayoResearch InternFounded Guide Labs Paul LafforgueData ScientistFounded Parallel Rachit KatariaSenior Software EngineerFounded Centralize Milan ShenResearch Scientist ManagerFounded Centauri AI Anmol SoodSenior Software EngineerFounded Alai Lucas YoungSoftware EngineerFounded Deepnight Runbo LiSr. Data ScientistFounded Magic Hour Rohan MehtaSoftware EngineerFounded Arcane Lucas SwitzerAI EngineerFounded Arcane Tyler LehmanProduct ManagerFounded OpenFoundry Anushka NijhawanBackend EngineerFounded Spur Haris SahmanovicSoftware EngineerFounded Forge Benjamin BolteEngineerFounded K-Scale Labs

Frequently asked questions

What is the Meta mafia?: The Meta mafia is the network of 297 people who came through Meta and went on to found or lead other companies, including Xamarin, Dropbox, Harvey, LiveOps, Modcloth.
Who is in the Meta mafia?: Notable members include Nat Friedman (Xamarin), Drew Houston (Dropbox), Gabriel Pereyra (Harvey), James Everingham (LiveOps), Adil Wali (Modcloth), Cullen Wilson (WP Engine), Alston Lin (Bizwise), Ethan Byrd (Actual), among 297 tracked members.
What companies did Meta alumni found?: Companies founded by Meta alumni include Xamarin, Dropbox, Harvey, LiveOps, Modcloth, WP Engine, Bizwise, Actual, Empallo, Peernova.