The Google mafia
32 people on the graph list Google in their career history and have since moved on, 19 of them now founders or chief executives.
Went on to found or lead
Research Scientist, Google Brain at Google · Jan 2017 to Sep 2022→Founder and CEO at Osmo
Product Marketing at Google · 2018 to 2019→Co-founder & CEO at Amigo AI
Head of Product Management, X Project at Google · Mar 2016 to Jan 2018→Co-founder and CEO at Octozi
Product Manager at Google · Aug 2017 to Feb 2019→Co-founder & CEO at Zenskar
Associate Product Management Intern at Google · 2018 to 2018→Founder at Avoca
Associate Product Manager II at Google · Aug 2021 to Apr 2022→Co-Founder & CEO at Ralo
Distinguished Engineer at Google · 2003 to 2014→Founder and CEO at Glean
Brain Resident at Google · 2016 to 2017→President & Co-Founder at Harvey
Software Engineer at Google · Feb 2022 to Mar 2025→Co-Founder & CTO at Ralo
Software Engineer Intern at Google · Jan 2020 to Apr 2020→Co-Founder & CTO at Crosby
Software Engineer at Google · Sep 2014 to Feb 2018→Cofounder & CTO at Sandbar
Engineering Practicum Intern at Google · May 2017 to Aug 2018→Co-founder and CTO at PATINA at Patina
B2B Marketing Strategy Intern at Google · 2014 to 2014→Co-Founder of Didero at Didero
Software Engineer at Google · May 2019 to Jan 2022→Cofounder & CEO at Pangram Labs
Software Engineering Manager at Google · 2007 to 2010→Vice President of Engineering at NVIDIA
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google · Jun 2006 to Jun 2016→Co-founder / Head of Product Eng at Glean
Advisor at Google · 2021 to 2024→Co-Founder & CBO at Brandlight
Special Projects & Communications (Jigsaw @ Google) at Google · Dec 2016 to May 2018→Co-Founder & Head of Operations at Clay
STEP Intern at Google · May 2022 to Aug 2022→Co-Founder & CTO at Ornn
Where else they landed
Director, Head of Product - Languages AI at Google · 2014 to 2022→Operating Advisor at Bessemer Venture Partners
Events and Experience Lead | Developer Marketing, Platform & Ecosystem | INSEA | 20% Role at Google · Mar 2023 to Mar 2024→APJ Community Program at MongoDB
Retail, CPG Sales Leader at Google · Mar 2018 to Jul 2020→Senior Account Executive at NVIDIA
Senior Program Manager, Cloud at Google · Apr 2021 to Feb 2022→Senior Technical Program Manager, Media2 at NVIDIA
Lead Data Scientist, Google Maps at Google · May 2013 to Jun 2014→Board Partner at Compound
Staff Research Scientist at Google · Sep 2007 to Mar 2014→Global Head of AI, Technology at Millennium
Software Developer at Google · Oct 2009 to May 2012→Principal Machine Learning Scientist at NVIDIA
Field Sales Manager - Google Cloud at Google · Apr 2022 to Jan 2025→Regional Sales Director SOLA at Datadog
Strategic Partnerships, YouTube at Google · 2012 to 2015→Sr. Director, Global Technology Alliances at Datadog
Associate Product Marketing Manager at Google · 2012 to 2013→Partner at BoxGroup
Head of Business Development | Home Monetization at Google · Mar 2022 to Jul 2024→Head of Global Enterprise Partnerships, Amazon Creators at Amazon
Student Researcher, Robotics at Google at Google · Jun 2019 to May 2021→Staff Research Scientist at NVIDIA
Machine Learning Researcher at Google · Nov 2016 to Apr 2017→Machine Learning Scientist at Two Sigma
