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Georg Petschnigg

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Founder at FiftyThree

Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area

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Georg Petschnigg is a product executive and entrepreneur who currently serves as a board member at DevRev. He co-founded FiftyThree in 2011, makers of the Paper and Paste apps and the Pencil stylus, and was CEO until the company's acquisition by WeTransfer in 2018, later serving as WeTransfer's Chief Innovation Officer and General Manager in the Americas. He subsequently held roles as SVP of Product Design at The New York Times and Chief Design Officer at Nextdoor, and holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and Economics from Columbia and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford.

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FiftyThree's investors · 2

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2015New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2015

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Andrew S. AllenDirector

Experience

  1. DevRevBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  2. betaworksEntrepreneur in Residence2026
  3. NextdoorChief Design Officer2024 — 2025
  4. The New York TimesSVP and Head of Product Design2021 — 2024New York, United States
  5. WeTransferGeneral Manager and Chief Innovation Officer2018 — 2021New York, New York
  6. CTRL-labsAdvisor2017 — 2019New York, NY
  7. FiftyThree, Inc.CEO & Co-Founder2011 — 2018New York, NY
  8. MicrosoftCo-Founder, Pioneer Studios2008 — 2011
  9. MicrosoftSenior Program Manager, Microsoft Research Next Media2005 — 2008
  10. MicrosoftProgram Manager II, Office2003 — 2005
  11. MicrosoftProgram Manager, Web Services Division2000 — 2001
  12. IBM T.J. Watson Research CenterSoftware Developer, Digital Video1999
  13. Lucent Technologies, Bell LaboratoriesTechnical Associate1998
  14. Hewlett PackardProduct Marketing Intern1997

Skills & more

Design VentureDigital Image Processing1Design3Engineering2Business5User Experience54Venture Capital8Designs3Product Management38Social Media Marketing3Project Management8New Business Development1
+12 moreUser Experience DesignMobile ApplicationsProduct DevelopmentIntegrationUser-centered DesignStrategic PartnershipsInteraction DesignEntrepreneurshipExperience DesignUser InterfaceUser Interface DesignCloud Computing

Languages English · French · German

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Who is Georg Petschnigg?
Georg Petschnigg is a product executive and entrepreneur who currently serves as a board member at DevRev. He co-founded FiftyThree in 2011, makers of the Paper and Paste apps and the Pencil stylus, and was CEO until the company's acquisition by WeTransfer in 2018, later serving as WeTransfer's Chief Innovation Officer and General Manager in the Americas. He subsequently held roles as SVP of Product Design at The New York Times and Chief Design Officer at Nextdoor, and holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and Economics from Columbia and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford.
Where does Georg Petschnigg work?
Georg Petschnigg is Founder of FiftyThree.
What companies did Georg Petschnigg found?
Georg Petschnigg founded FiftyThree.
Where did Georg Petschnigg go to school?
Georg Petschnigg studied at Stanford University (MSEE, Computer Graphics); Columbia University (BS, Computer Engineering).

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