Find your path to Josh
915 people in our graph share verified history with Josh — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Ken ChenaultunlockedJosh: together at Facebook (2018–2019)
Josh: together at Mercury
Josh: together at Virginia Tech
×9Josh: together at Y Combinator
About
Josh Wymer served as a software engineer at Meta and held a product engineering role at Mixpanel during its early growth stage. He is a Virginia Tech baseball player and currently leads Central as CEO.
Founder at CentralYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Josh went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Central's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Josh can intro founders to Central's investors below.
Central's investors · 3
Co-founders at Central
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Pranav KashyapFounder
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Nilay ModiFounder
Experience
- MercuryHead of Engineering - Payrollcurrent2026 — present
- CentralCo-founder & CEO2023 — 2026
- MixpanelStaff Tech Lead Manager2019 — 2023Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- FacebookSenior Software Engineer2018 — 2019Menlo Park, California
- MixpanelStaff Software Engineer2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- MixpanelEngineering Manager2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- MixpanelSenior Software Engineer2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- YardsellrSoftware Engineer2010 — 2013San Francisco, California, United States
Skills & more
JavaScript16MySQL13PHP8MapReduce3HTML 54Big Data2Product Development3Heavy Lifting2Golf1HTML2CSS2Product Management1
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Josh Wymer?
- Josh Wymer served as a software engineer at Meta and held a product engineering role at Mixpanel during its early growth stage. He is a Virginia Tech baseball player and currently leads Central as CEO.
- Where does Josh Wymer work?
- Josh Wymer is Founder of Central.
- What companies did Josh Wymer found?
- Josh Wymer founded Central.
- Where did Josh Wymer go to school?
- Josh Wymer studied at Y Combinator; Virginia Tech (Bachelor's degree); The University of Texas-Pan American.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Virginia Tech mafia108
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Khaled HusseinMaster’s DegreeFounded Tilt +2Joseph DeSimone, PhDDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Blue Current +2John HigginbothamBSCEFounded Blueridge +1Jason CorwinBachelor's DegreeFounded Safely Finance +1Rob LaFaveBAFounded Foodzie +1Mike HenryPh.DFounded Parasail +1
+ 101 more
Mercury mafia17
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Immad AkhundFounder & CEOFounded Mercury Technologies, Inc. +2Jamie QuintInterim Head of GrowthFounded Rye +1Nilay ModiDesigningFounded Central +1Benjamin NetterInvestorFounded October +1Tommaso TombaInvestorFounded Moons +1Ian CrosbyHead of Accounting ProductsFounded Bench +1
+ 10 more
Mixpanel mafia8
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Max LevchinMember Board Of DirectorsFounded PayPal +2Suhail DoshiCo-founder & CEOFounded PlaygroundMelike Abacioglu GunesVP of MarketingFounded PhysioHealthTim TrefrenFounderFounded RecheckZach OceanSenior Software EngineerFounded UberduckPranav KashyapGroup Product Manager & Head of PricingFounded Central
+ 1 more
The University of Texas-Pan American mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Virginia Tech290
Rashad AssirContent at Redpoint VenturesJoseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Tim GuleriInvestor at Sierra VenturesCurry RobertsPresident, Fredericksburg Regional Alliance at Riphean InvestmentsRyan LawrenceDirector, Tax at JMI EquitySamantha MoskettiSenior Manager, Knowledge Sharing at JMI Equity
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Also attended The University of Texas-Pan American3
Shared employers
Also worked at Mercury36
Will ReedInvestor at Spark CapitalSonya HuangPartner at Sequoia CapitalNeil TolaneyGeneral Partner at TCVBoris RevsinManaging Director at Tribe Capital FirstlookStu SmithPartner at Scribble VenturesS.K. LeeExecutive Coach at Roble Ventures
+ 30 more
Also worked at Central4
Also worked at Mixpanel19
Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSam WerboffHead of Digital Native Enterprise GTM, Anthropic at EMERGENT VENTURESMelike Abacioglu GunesVP of Marketing at Asymmetric Capital PartnersBrent SapiroInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesZach BergerManaging Director at Bain Capital Tech Opportunities
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