Where does John Zimmer work?

John Zimmer is Co-founder & President at Lyft and Founder at Lyft.

What companies did John Zimmer found?

John Zimmer founded Lyft, Lyft.

John Zimmer

Unicorn founder

Co-founder & President at Lyft · Founder at Lyft

San Francisco, CA

FoundedLyft$24.3B Lyft

30 Under 30 2014 · Consumer Technology

About

John Zimmer co-founded Zimride with Logan Green in 2007 and Lyft in 2012, serving as President through the 2019 IPO and stepping down in 2023. A Cornell hotel-school graduate and former Lehman Brothers analyst, he shaped Lyft's hospitality-led brand — the pink moustache, the front-seat ride — as deliberate differentiation from Uber.

Co-founder & President at Lyft

Intro paths

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In turn, John can intro founders to Lyft's investors below.

Lyft's investors · 42

Aglae VenturesParis · $108K – $5.4M checks Allied Venture PartnersCalgary · $100K – $350K checks Alpha Wave GlobalMiami Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks Bling CapitalMiami Beach · $1M – $5M checks Chapter OneLos Angeles · $5K – $200K checks Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks Collaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M checks Comcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checks EQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks FloodgateMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checks Fontinalis PartnersDetroit · $250K – $5M checks Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks G SquaredChicago Graphene VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $2M checks IA Seed VenturesBerkeley InvestXVancouver Jam FundLos Angeles · $500K – $20M checks Kortschak Investments L.P.Aspen Light Street CapitalPalo Alto Manhattan Venture PartnersNew York Mayfield FundCupertino · $500K – $12M checks Milliways VenturesSilicon Valley NextEquity PartnersMenlo Park NFXSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks Oceanic PartnersSausalito Olympus PartnersStamford · $75M – $500M checks Outlander VCNew York · $500K – $2.5M checks Parkway Venture CapitalNew York Presence CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $100K checks Rakuten CapitalTokyo Reinvent CapitalNew York Rocketship.vcSunnyvale · $1M – $5M checks SparkLabs KoreaPalo Alto STARTUP IGNITION VENTURESProvo · $100K – $1M checks Temerity Capital Partners Tenaya CapitalPalo Alto · $5M – $10M checks Third Point VenturesMenlo Park Time Zero Capital Valia VenturesLondon · $50K – $50M checks Ventura CapitalLondon

Co-founders at Lyft

Logan GreenCo-founder & CEO

Founder at Lyft

Intro paths

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In turn, John can intro founders to Lyft's investors below.

Lyft's investors · 2

Fidelity InvestmentsBoston K9 VenturesPalo Alto · $250K – $750K checks

Co-founders at Lyft

Logan GreenFounder

Experience

Yes&Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — present
LyftCo-Foundercurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
ZimrideCo-Founder2007 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
Lehman BrothersAnalyst2006 — 2008

Education

Cornell UniversityBS, Hotel Administration2002 — 2006

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship37Venture Capital19Strategic Partnerships22Start-ups25Business Strategy20

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Frequently asked questions

Where does John Zimmer work?: John Zimmer is Co-founder & President at Lyft and Founder at Lyft.
What companies did John Zimmer found?: John Zimmer founded Lyft, Lyft.