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The Shopify Mafia

66 people came through Shopify and went on to found or lead other companies.

Aydin SenkutInvestorFounded Felicis Ventures Tobias LütkeCEOFounded Shopify Craig SoulesPrincipal EngineerFounded Springtail +1 Max MusingUXFounded Scholarly +1 Jordan DearsleySoftware Engineer InternFounded Superpowered +1 Ilan ZerbibDirector of Engineering, PaymentsFounded Sapiom +1 Ronny LiData AnalystFounded Thredd +1 Kaz NejatianVice President, Merchant ServicesFounded Kash +1 Chirag PatelVP Product & GM MoneyFounded Paysafe Bronwyn SmithHead of Merchant Experience, CanadaFounded myAbode Jonathan PomaDirector, Go-to-Market InitiativesFounded Loop Misha FrolovSr UX ManagerFounded More Labs Ben ParrDeveloper Champion (Honorary)Founded Octane AI Larry GadeaSystems Performance AdvisorFounded Envoy Dave YenProductFounded Roomblocker Anthony De GuzmanSEO SpecialistFounded Breezeful Fernando Gomez ArriolaHead of international business developmentFounded Nexu Udara JayawardenaDeveloperFounded Clew Adam NeuwirthSenior Software EngineerFounded Galaxy Sebastian AlvaradoSenior Engineer, Financial ServicesFounded Valari Karine MellataData ScientistFounded Variance Rush ShahaniSoftware EngineerFounded Persana AI Andrew HoskinsSoftware Engineer InternFounded Upfront Michal PándyProduction Engineer InternFounded MediSearch Samuel SanSoftware Engineer InternFounded RecipeUI Matthew WolfeSoftware Engineer InternFounded BeeBettor Baptiste CuminStaff machine learning engineerFounded Rastro Papa Sougou WeleSoftware DeveloperFounded Rastro Nishant HoodaSoftware Engineering InternFounded Docket Stephen NiSoftware Engineer InternFounded Bluma Pranav BediSoftware EngineerFounded Moda Mohammed Al-RasheedSoftware EngineerFounded Moda Saai AroraSoftware Engineer InternFounded Replicas Eyad AbdallaSoftware EngineerFounded Plena Health Michael ZhouSoftware EngineerFounded Codag David LiSoftware Engineering InternFounded Induction Labs Ian CrosbyProduct Director, Banking & AccountingFounded Bench Daniel WeinandChief Culture OfficerFounded Shopify Birk JernströmDirector Of OperationsFounded Polar Veronika KolejakSoftware DeveloperFounded Better Stack Zach KochDirector of Product ManagementFounded Ultravox Ryan NingSoftware Engineering InternFounded Simulithic Matt ColyerDirector of Product Management - SidekickFounded Easel Pablo MolinaVP, Shopify LogisticsFounded Avidbots Jess AnunaEnterprise Business ManagerFounded Klasha Alok AhujaHead of Plus Partner SolutionsFounded Trexity Jake GoodmanSoftware Engineer InternFounded Frate Doreen BlochSales & BDFounded Poshly Nayeem ZenStaff Software EngineerFounded Pluto Peter NsakaSoftware EngineerFounded Handled Jakob PizzeraStrategy & OperationsFounded OneVest Robert SaundersSenior Software EngineerFounded Ownright Mark RyanSenior Product LeadFounded Trig Niall KellyDirector of EngineeringFounded Trig Patrick MullenDirector of UX, Shopify Retail (Global)Founded Trig Simon Hørup EskildsenSenior Engineering Lead, InfrastructureFounded Turbopuffer Justine LiSoftware Developer InternFounded Turbopuffer Abby NawrockiDirector of OperationsFounded Stock It Better Artur RivilisVP of EngineeringFounded Augment Prokopis GryllosSenior Data Scientist & Tech LeadFounded Emblematic Peter NjongweProduct ManagerFounded Oben Health Grace DuData ScientistFounded Lotly Sunny IsraniSenior DeveloperFounded Lightswitch Mark LootensAccount Executive - SMB SalesFounded Elements Athletics John GullySr. Engineering LeaderFounded GoodDay Max StoiberDirector of EngineeringFounded Stellate

Frequently asked questions

What is the Shopify mafia?: The Shopify mafia is the network of 66 people who came through Shopify and went on to found or lead other companies, including Felicis Ventures, Shopify, Springtail, Scholarly, Superpowered.
Who is in the Shopify mafia?: Notable members include Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Tobias Lütke (Shopify), Craig Soules (Springtail), Max Musing (Scholarly), Jordan Dearsley (Superpowered), Ilan Zerbib (Sapiom), Ronny Li (Thredd), Kaz Nejatian (Kash), among 66 tracked members.
What companies did Shopify alumni found?: Companies founded by Shopify alumni include Felicis Ventures, Shopify, Springtail, Scholarly, Superpowered, Sapiom, Thredd, Kash, Paysafe, myAbode.