For a lot of people, working at Facebook is like a dream come true. For others, its just the beginning .
Here is a list of 15 Facebook Alumnis who went on to invest in and found some of the biggest companies and buzziest startups to date. Lets have a look at what they have been doing after leaving the world’s largest social network. The most successful Facebook employees who became founders, cofounders and investors in a lot of startups after leaving Facebook.
1. Adam D’Angelo
Position at Facebook: June 2004 – December 2005; CTO, November 2006 – June 2008
Adam started a widely popular Q&A site Quora. At Facebook, he was incharge of leading new product development and managing the site’s rapidly growing engineering team.
2. Aditya Agarwal
Position at Facebook: Engineer, director of product engineering, September 2005 – December 2010
Agarwal, after leaving Facebook, cofounded cove which was later acquired by Dropbox in 2012. He is also a board member of India’s largest Ecommerce site, Flipkart.
3. Andrew McCollum
Position at Facebook: Cofounder and engineer, February 2004 – September 2006
Andrew designed Facebook’s first logo was also the site’s cofounder and engineer. He is currently the CEO of next-generation TV streaming platform Philo.
4. Bret Taylor
Position at Facebook: Chief technology officer, August 2009 – July 2012
Taylor also worked with Google for 4 years where he co-created Google Maps & Google Maps API. Later, he cofounded productivity app Quip with a fellow Googler.
5. Chris Hughes
Position at Facebook: Cofounder, February 2004
He went to cofound Jumo and later bought magazine The News Republic in 2012.
6. Dave Morin
Position at Facebook: Worked on Facebook’s Platform and Connect, October 2006 – February 2010
Morin is cofounder and CEO of Path, a mobile social network that’s become more of a studio for testing out new products. Most recently, Morin launched Kong, a new GIF-making selfie app.
7. Dustin Moskovitz
Position at Facebook: Cofounder and CTO, February 2004 – November 2008
He was Facebook’s first CTO. He founded Asana in 2008 with a fellow Facebooker and later, a philanthropic foundation along with his wife.
8. Katherine Losse
Position at Facebook: Customer service, 2005 – 2010
In 2014, Lesse started Magic Vibes Foundation that builds wearable-first technology for Apple watch and other iOS devices.
9. Kevin Colleran
Position at Facebook: Global advertising sales, April 2005 – July 2011
His main responsibilities at Facebook were Global Partnerships at CMO/CEO level. He is now a startup investor and they have invested in a number of silicon valley startups including Pinterest, Meerkat etc.
10. Randi Zuckerberg
Position at Facebook: Director of marketing development, 2005 – 2011
Her responsibilites at Facebook were organizing and maintaining large media partnerships. After leaving Facebook, she started a company called Zuckerberg media.
11. Scott Marlette
Position at Facebook: Engineer and product manager, June 2005 – January 2010
He went on to cofound GoodRx, a startup focussed on providing consumers with affordable and convenient prescription drugs.
12. Sean Parker
Position at Facebook: Founding president, June 2004 – January 2006
He brought Facebook’s first investor Peter Thiel. Later, he joined Thiel at The Founder’s Fund and went on to create buzzy startup airtime.com.
13. Todd Jackson
Position at Facebook: Product manager for Newsfeed, Photos, and Groups, October 2011 – October 2012
After leaving Facebook in 2013, Jackson cofounded a computer software company called Cover, which was later acquired by Twitter in 2014.
14. Yishan Wong
Position at Facebook: Director of engineering, December 2005 – March 2010
After Facebook, he worked as the CEO of Reddit, which he resigned in November 2014.
15. Steve Chen
Position at Facebook: Senior software engineer, 2005
Steve cofounded Youtube and served as its CTO, which he later sold to Google for $1.65 Billion.
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