What is the Microsoft mafia?

The Microsoft mafia is the network of 1,474 people who came through Microsoft and went on to found or lead other companies, including Feldera, Serena & Lily, Liaison Technologies, TeleSign, Volometrix.

Who is in the Microsoft mafia?

Notable members include Lalith Suresh (Feldera), LILY KANTER (Serena & Lily), Larry Mieldezis (Liaison Technologies), Steve Jillings (TeleSign), Ryan Fuller (Volometrix), Manisha Sahasrabudhe (Shippable), Brad Heidemann (Tahzoo), Yonatan Eldar (Apiiro), among 1,474 tracked members.

What companies did Microsoft alumni found?

Companies founded by Microsoft alumni include Feldera, Serena & Lily, Liaison Technologies, TeleSign, Volometrix, Shippable, Tahzoo, Apiiro, HubSpot, Weber Shandwick.

The Microsoft Mafia

1,474 people came through Microsoft and went on to found or lead other companies.

Lalith SureshResearch InternFounded Feldera LILY KANTERHead of Western US - Retail VerticalFounded Serena & Lily Larry MieldezisMicrosoft Network (MSN) Program ManagerFounded Liaison Technologies Steve JillingsExchange Hosted Services (Post FrontBridge Acquisition)Founded TeleSign Ryan FullerCorporate Vice President, M365 Data StrategyFounded Volometrix Manisha SahasrabudheSenior PMFounded Shippable Brad HeidemannEnterprise Sales and Government LeadershipFounded Tahzoo Yonatan EldarSenior Software Engineering ManagerFounded Apiiro Karen NgGroup Product Manager, .NET Managed LanguagesFounded HubSpot Margaret DawsonGroup Product Manager, Forefront Security Products / International AR/PR Manager, Microsoft ServicesFounded Weber Shandwick Chris CobbSoftware Development EngineerFounded Pragma Scott HoweCorporate Vice President, Advertiser & Publisher SolutionsFounded LiveRamp Eric ZelikmanStudent Researcher - Machine LearningFounded humans&Joe DavyCustomer Advisory Board MemberFounded Banzai Amit PakaSoftware Design Engineer 2Founded Fiddler AI Francois DaumardMaketing Database & CRM ManagerFounded Splashtop Padmasree WarriorMember Board of DirectorsFounded Fable Group Daniel ChenSoftware EngineerFounded Daloopa Larry LeSueurMultiple Leadership RolesFounded WISErg Yuka KojimaMicrosoft Ventures Acceleration Program ParticipantsFounded Fove Stefan J.J. HolzerVisiting ResearcherFounded Fyusion Gaurav SaranSales Account ExecutiveFounded Reverse Logix David LiuProgram Manager InternFounded Vouch Ken RosmanDeveloper Account ManagerFounded Shrapnel Yair ManorSenior Software Development EngineerFounded CardinalOps Venkat SathyamurthySenior Software EngineerFounded Tractable Arvind SundararajanSoftware Design Engineer InternFounded Abacusai Sandeep BommireddiSummer InternFounded Adonmo Zack Dvey-AharonSoftware Development EngineerFounded Aeyehealth Ben NewhouseInnovation Engineering Group InternFounded AidKit Pradeep NairVice PresidentFounded Armada AI Ramesh RajagopalSenior Director & Co-head of Corporate Strategy GroupFounded Authentic8 Ozan BilgenSoftware Development Engineer IIFounded Base64 Nate OkonkwoProgram Manager InternFounded Remarkable AI Matt KleinPlumber: Windows Mobile OORTFounded bitdrift Lalit JainPrincipal Applied ScientistFounded Bolo AI Priyanka KulkarniSDE InternFounded CASIUM Xiaozhou LiResearch InternFounded Celer Network Anil CekicSales Director - Industry SolutionsFounded Cerebrumtechnologies Erdem ERKULCountry Director of Public Sector & InvestmentsFounded Cerebrumtechnologies Brian JanousGM of EnergyFounded Cloverleafinfra Osman RamadanResearch Software Engineer IIFounded CodeWords AI workflow automation Phillip SnaluneGeneral Manager - Consumer Product MarketingFounded Codio Abhinav ParasharSoftware Engineering InternFounded Digio Vamsi TPArchitect (Cross Workload - Cloud & AI)Founded Edgegrid Felix SchusterResearch InternFounded Edgeless Abdigani DiriyeMachine Learning Research & DevelopmentFounded Elevate (formerly Bloom)David KlockSenior Software Engineer, Bing LocalFounded Embed Security Rezaul HoquePrincipal Software Engineering ManagerFounded Endor Health Brandon DixonPrincipal Product Manager, Threat IntelligenceFounded Ent Omer HarSenior Applied ResearcherFounded Explorium Filip DvorakSoftware EngineerFounded Filuta AI Martin DoušekSenior Sofware EngineerFounded Filuta AI Frederico BaumhardtSenior ConsultantFounded Finxone Emre KayaSolution Sales Professional - Enterprise & Partners Group DivisionFounded Fizbot Kerem Can KayaEPGFounded Fizbot Kenny TaySoftware Development EngineerFounded Flair +More Jake LynchProductFounded Fig App Peter Proud FRSEMicrosoft Business ManagerFounded Forrit Adnan MahmudProgram ManagerFounded Forward Platform Sai VempralaResearcherFounded General Robotics Anant AgarwalSoftware Developer InternFounded Aidora Ayush LodhiDeveloperFounded GoComet Olli RiekkinenSr Business Program Manager, Consumer Data & Analytics, Microsoft MobileFounded Gravito Dhruv SinghSoftware Engineering InternFounded Honeyhive Zhuo LiInternshipFounded Hydrox Martin SzummerResearcherFounded Igent Frances Donegan-RyanSr. Microsoft Advertising Global Communications ManagerFounded Indicio Owen O’DonoghuePartner Account ManagerFounded Infinigods Dave RigottiProduct Marketing Manager - Bing AdsFounded Inflection Bryan MisteleGeneral ManagerFounded Inrix Travis RatnamProduct Manager, MicrosoftFounded Knowledgehook Achuthanand RaviSoftware EngineerFounded Kula Arif IqbalSoftware Engineer (Search Ranking)Founded Laam Adrià Salvador PalauSenior Applied ScientistFounded Lace Lithography Matteo PelatiProgram ManagerFounded LangDB Andrew HohProduct ManagerFounded Lastmile Ai Idan MintzSoftware Developer Intern - Device Security TeamFounded LightSource Nick FreemanSoftware Development EngineerFounded Marco Experiences Ajay Krishna AmudanFounding Engineer, Azure DNSFounded Maximor Ramnandan KrishnamurthyStrategic Transformation InitiativesFounded Maximor Zainan Victor ZhouInternFounded Namefi Jeu GeorgeSenior Software Design EngineerFounded Orkes Jeremiah GreerSoftware Engineer IIFounded Oumi Kostas AisoposSoftware EngineerFounded Oumi Matthew PersonsSoftware Development EngineerFounded Oumi Oussama ElachqarSenior Data & Applied ScientistFounded Oumi Jessie FrazellePrincipal Developer AdvocateFounded Oxide Computer Sohail AslamTechnical Lead - EngineeringFounded Payactiv Wish WuSummer InternFounded pharos JJ AllairePrincipal ArchitectFounded Posit Chris BlackleySenior DirectorFounded Prescryptive Arun TangriSoftware Development Engineer in Test IIFounded QueueBuster, Homepage Keval RajDigital Marketing | SEMFounded Quicklly Qi LiuResearch InternFounded Reka Sameh KhamisResearch InternFounded Rembrand

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Microsoft mafia?: The Microsoft mafia is the network of 1,474 people who came through Microsoft and went on to found or lead other companies, including Feldera, Serena & Lily, Liaison Technologies, TeleSign, Volometrix.
Who is in the Microsoft mafia?: Notable members include Lalith Suresh (Feldera), LILY KANTER (Serena & Lily), Larry Mieldezis (Liaison Technologies), Steve Jillings (TeleSign), Ryan Fuller (Volometrix), Manisha Sahasrabudhe (Shippable), Brad Heidemann (Tahzoo), Yonatan Eldar (Apiiro), among 1,474 tracked members.
What companies did Microsoft alumni found?: Companies founded by Microsoft alumni include Feldera, Serena & Lily, Liaison Technologies, TeleSign, Volometrix, Shippable, Tahzoo, Apiiro, HubSpot, Weber Shandwick.