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The Microsoft Mafia

1,466 people came through Microsoft and went on to found or lead other companies.

Reid HoffmanBoard MemberFounded LinkedIn +3 Garry TanProgram ManagerFounded Y Combinator +1 Nat FriedmanCorporate Vice President, Developer ServicesFounded Xamarin +1 Kai-Fu LeeCorporate Vice President (last job)Founded 01 Mike KriegerProgram Manager InternFounded Instagram Reed HastingsBoard MemberFounded Netflix +1 Nathan BlecharczykIntern Program Manager for Visual Basic .NETFounded Airbnb Daniel DinesSDEFounded UiPath Bhavish AggarwalResearch InternFounded Ola Cabs Mustafa SuleymanCEO, Microsoft AIFounded Google Deepmind +1 Arvind JainSoftware EngineerFounded Glean +2 Dylan FieldResearch AssistantFounded Figma Samir MenonSoftware Design EngineerFounded Dexterity AI Prasanna SankarSoftware DeveloperFounded Rippling Steph TryphonasDesign DirectorFounded Collaborative Robotics Fritz LanmanSenior Director, Corporate Strategy GroupFounded Doppler Labs +3 Darius "Bubs" MonsefProgram Manager of Community for PhotosynthFounded Sightbox +3 Steve LucasField MarketingFounded Adobe +3 Wan Li ZhuProgram Manager, SQL ServerFounded Harvard Founder Network +2 DeVaris BrownSystem EngineerFounded Super Heroic +2 Inaki BerenguerCorporate Strategy ManagerFounded InfiniteWatch +2 Joel SpolskyProgram ManagerFounded HASH +2 Shishir MehrotraDirector of Program ManagementFounded Coda +2 Yin WuPrincipal Software EngineerFounded Pulley +2 Brian MaProgram ManagerFounded Iterative +2 Ian JanickiProduct Manager (via Xamarin acq.)Founded Outfit +2 Michael RoyzenResearch InternFounded Smartlens +2 Ashutosh GargResearch InternFounded Viven +2 Khan Siddiqui, MDPhysician Executive & GM Healthcare AIFounded Eyecheq +2 Aviv EyalSoftware Design EngineerFounded Skillful +2 Naveen JainGroup Manager, MSNFounded Intelius +2 Aaron GoldfederPrincipal Group Program Manager - Cloud Infrastructure / AzureFounded Meeting Flow +2 Derek SteerPrincipal Product Intelligence Manager, YammerFounded Superframe +2 Scott CollisonDirector Platform Strategy GroupFounded Personify +2 Kevin JohnsonVarious Leadership Roles in Sales, Marketing and ServicesFounded Starbucks +2 Saman AmarasingheProgrammerFounded Exaloop +2 Artem PetakovSoftware Engineering InternFounded NOOM, INC. +2 Shiv ShankarSoftware DeveloperFounded Boundless +2 Aman JainSoftware Developent InternFounded Southparkcommons +2 Sam KroonenburgSoftware Design EngineerFounded Cuttable +1 Ofir EjnesExecutive Advisor, E-CommerceFounded Integrapartners +1 Jean-Francois LegourdPartnerships ManagerFounded Integrapartners +1 Bill TrenchardMSN GroupFounded LiveOps +1 Josephine LeeResearch Engineer InternFounded Palette Labs +1 Richard SocherInternFounded Aixventures +1 Mike GalgonChief Advertising StrategistFounded Pioneer Square Labs +1 Dan MallinAESRFounded Minnesota Cup +1 Bill GatesCo-founder; CEO 1975–2000Founded Gates Foundation +1 Melinda French GatesGeneral Manager of Information ProductsFounded Gates Foundation +1 Tom ChavezGeneral Manager, Online Publisher BusinessesFounded Checksum AI +1 Nurettin SendoganAssociate ConsultantFounded Workiom +1 Les YettonVP Sales and Business Development of Softricity (acquired by Microsoft)Founded Chaos Search +1 Ben BernsteinVarious RolesFounded Twistlock +1 Phil CowansContractorFounded Founders Pledge +1 Christian ReberEntrepreneur in ResidenceFounded Superlist +1 Ben GilbertHead of The GarageFounded Acquired +1 Daniel BuchmuellerSoftware Development Engineer 2Founded Amazon +1 Diego OppenheimerProgram Manager - Excel Business IntelligenceFounded Guardrails AI +1 Dan ShapiroLead Program ManagerFounded Glowforge +1 Tanooj LuthraSoftware EngineerFounded Elph +1 Paddy SrinivasanDirector , Group Product ManagerFounded Goto +1 Min Ming LoProgram Manager InternFounded Hyperink +1 Bo LuProduct PlannerFounded FutureAdvisor +1 Savraj SinghProgram ManagerFounded ContestMachine +1 Dannie ChuSoftware Development Engineer / Test (Intern)Founded Makersplace +1 Gordon HemptonSoftware Development EngineerFounded Outreach +1 Phil YuenProgram ManagerFounded Aurabeat +1 Austin LockwoodIntern Program ManagerFounded Remoov +1 Saurabh SrivastavaResearcherFounded Warpdrive by Synthetic Minds +1 Michael HeinrichTechnical Product ManagerFounded OG Labs +1 Michael WasserProgram ManagerFounded BloomAPI +1 Justin WoodbridgeProgram ManagerFounded Bayes +1 Dhruv GuptaGarage SWE InternFounded Drumkit +1 Sonakshi NathaniSoftware DeveloperFounded Bikayi +1 Sandy SuhDeveloper InternFounded Worldly +1 Aravindh DoraiWindows PM InternFounded Bevel +1 Mostafa AshourProgram ManagerFounded NowPay +1 Asa SchacharSoftware DeveloperFounded Voicepanel +1 Fahim FerdousSoftware Development Engineer (via Yammer acq)Founded AdQuick +1 Eunice WongEnterprise Marketing SpecialistFounded Talkstack +1 Curtis FongerSoftware Development EngineerFounded Appetas +1 Vaikkunth MugunthanSoftware Engineer InternFounded DynamoFL +1 Aditya KetkarSoftware EngineerFounded Broccoli Intelligence +1 Akanksha SinghProduct ManagerFounded Pear VC +1 Bryant LeeComputer Science Research InternshipFounded Vaero +1 Umur CubukcuPostgreSQL and Hyperscale (Citus) at AzureFounded Ubicloud +1 Ozgun ErdoganPartner Engineering ManagerFounded Ubicloud +1 Aman GourSoftware EngineerFounded FurtherAI +1 Nikhil SontiSoftware Engineer IIFounded Felafax +1 Edward AryeeSoftware EngineerFounded Sre +1 Nam NguyenSoftware Engineer (NLP)Founded Cohesive +1 Dave ZohrobSoftware Design EngineerFounded Nori +1 Khalid AshmawySoftware EngineerFounded Munify +1 Arushi GandhiSoftware EngineerFounded Bugbase +1 Andrea LuzzardiSoftware Development EngineerFounded Mendral +1 Ethan ByrdSoftware EngineerFounded Actual +1

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Microsoft mafia?: The Microsoft mafia is the network of 1,466 people who came through Microsoft and went on to found or lead other companies, including LinkedIn, Y Combinator, Xamarin, 01, Instagram.
Who is in the Microsoft mafia?: Notable members include Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Nat Friedman (Xamarin), Kai-Fu Lee (01), Mike Krieger (Instagram), Reed Hastings (Netflix), Nathan Blecharczyk (Airbnb), Daniel Dines (UiPath), among 1,466 tracked members.
What companies did Microsoft alumni found?: Companies founded by Microsoft alumni include LinkedIn, Y Combinator, Xamarin, 01, Instagram, Netflix, Airbnb, UiPath, Ola Cabs, Google Deepmind.