Founders Previously VPs/Directors at FAANG Companies

Organizations People Recruitment Investment

~918 founders previously in leadership positions at Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, or Google.

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name summary skills_name employments_employer_name locations_city_name locations_country_name linkedInUri twitterUri
Chamath Palihapitiya Sri Lankan-born Canadian-Am... Golden State Warriors,Athos... Palo Alto,San Francisco United States of America,Sr... linkedin.com/in/chamath twitter.com/chamath
Michael Abbott American venture capitalist supply chain management,dis... Ubiquity6,Apple Inc.,USC Vi... San Francisco,Hayward,Santa... United States of America,Un... linkedin.com/in/michaelabbott twitter.com/mabb0tt
Matt Cohler American businessman DOMO, INC.,Edmodo,Tinder,1s... San Francisco,New York City United States of America,Un... linkedin.com/in/mattcohler twitter.com/mattcohler
Mike Cassidy American businessman human resource management,m... Apollo Fusion,Alphabet Inc.... Palo Alto,San Francisco United States of America,Un... linkedin.com/in/michaelpcas... twitter.com
Diane Greene American computer scientist Google,Cisco Systems,SAP,Ma... San Francisco,Rochester,Ann... United States of America,Un... linkedin.com/in/diane-green...
Brian McClendon American businessman software engineering,human ... Google,McClendon Ventures,K... Lawrence,San Francisco United States of America,Un... linkedin.com/in/brianmcclendon twitter.com/bmcclendon

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type:Person employments.{employer.name:or("Google","Facebook","Uber","Apple") title:or("VP","Director")} employments.{isCurrent:true title:"Founder"}
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