The Microsoft mafia
At least 44 people on the graph passed through Microsoft, 36 of them now founders or chief executives.
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Worked there 44
Went on to found or lead
Software Development Engineer Intern at Microsoft · Jun 2014 to Aug 2014→Vice President, Platform Engineering Manager at
Two Sigma
Founder and General Manager of Microsoft-PromoteIQ at Microsoft · Jul 2019 to Apr 2022→CEO and Co-Founder at
Bluefish AI
Principal Product Lead, Azure Engineering at Microsoft · Jan 2018 to Mar 2021→Chief Product Officer Advisory Board Member at Products That Count
Product Manager at Microsoft · Aug 2014 to Apr 2018→Co-Founder at
LastMile AI
WW Direct Channel Manager-Apac at Microsoft · Nov 2015 to Nov 2017→Commercial Vice President at
SparkBeyond
Machine Learning Researcher at Microsoft · 2021 to 2021→CEO and Cofounder at
Traversal
Product Manager Intern at Microsoft · Apr 2019 to Jun 2019→Co-Founder & CEO at
Ralo
General Manager, Cloud Security Group at Microsoft · Sep 2015 to Jan 2020→Co-Founder & CEO at
Wiz
Software Engineering Intern at Microsoft · May 2017 to Aug 2017→CTO and Co-Founder at
GovWell Technologies
Developer Growth Marketing Manager - Windows Mobile Ecosystem at Microsoft · Feb 2012 to Oct 2014→Chief Marketing Officer at
Collibra
SharePoint Marketing at Microsoft · Aug 2010 to Oct 2011→Vice President Global Marketing at
Zenity
Head of Product Marketing - Microsoft Azure App Service at Microsoft · Feb 2015 to Sep 2015→Vice President, Cloud + New Products at
Pure Storage
Software Engineer at Microsoft · Jan 2017 to Dec 2018→Co-Founder at
Daloopa
SDE at Microsoft · Feb 2001 to Sep 2005→CEO & Founder at
UiPath
Software Development Engineer II at Microsoft · Nov 2011 to Sep 2013→Co-Founder & CTO at
Perplexity
Research Scientist Intern at Microsoft · Jun 2023 to Aug 2023→Co-Founder and Member of Technical Staff at
General Intuition
Software Engineer Intern at Microsoft · Jun 2018 to Sep 2018→Co-Founder & CTO at
COO Microsoft PromoteIQ (Partner @ Microsoft) at Microsoft · Mar 2018 to Dec 2022→Co-founder and COO at
Program Manager at Microsoft · Oct 2008 to Mar 2011→Cofounder/CEO at
Clay
Transformation Consultant - DTI Project at Microsoft · 2021 to 2021→Co-Founder & CPO at
NextDimension AI
Software Engineer / Product Manager at Microsoft · May 2010 to Jul 2010→Founder & CEO at
Pomelo Care
Data Scientist, Azure Security at Microsoft · Aug 2016 to Feb 2018→Co-Founder & CTO at
Account Director, Advertising Sales (Huffington-Post, AOL, Microsoft/MSN, Yahoo, Xbox) at Microsoft · Nov 2014 to Oct 2017→Vice President of Sales at
SWYM.ai
Software Development Intern at Microsoft · Jun 2013 to Sep 2013→Cofounder & CEO at
EliseAI
Senior Software Engineering Manager/Tech Lead, M365 Security & Signals at Microsoft · Dec 2017 to Oct 2021→Chief Technology Officer at Appgate
Senior Security Research Manager at Microsoft · Jul 2022 to Jun 2024→Co-Founder & CTO at Ocean
Principal Research Program Manager at Microsoft · Sep 2006 to Oct 2012→CTO & Co-Founder at
Product Manager - Microsoft Teams at Microsoft · Oct 2018 to Apr 2020→Co-Founder, CEO at
HeyMilo AI
Software Engineer at Microsoft · Jan 2015 to Mar 2016→Co-Founder / CEO at
Software Design Engineer at Microsoft · Jan 2002 to May 2006→Co-Founder at
Glean
Software Engineering Intern at Microsoft · Jun 2015 to Sep 2015→Founder, Co-CEO at
Avoca AI
Research Scientist Intern at Microsoft · May 2023 to Aug 2023→Co-Founder and Member of Technical Staff at
Program Manager at Microsoft · May 2021 to Aug 2021→Founder & CTO at
Plastic Labs
Software Development Engineer at Microsoft · 2007 to 2008→Co-Founder & CEO at
AEYE Health
Product Manager at Microsoft · Jun 2005 to Sep 2005→Founding General Partner at
ENIAC Ventures
Product Manager at Microsoft · Oct 2016 to May 2018→Venture Partner at
Pioneer Fund
Where else they landed
Senior Engineering Manager at Microsoft · May 2022 to Sep 2022→Principal Engineer at
Hebbia
Corporate VP at Microsoft · Apr 2006 to Nov 2010→EVP/CFO at
NVIDIA
Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft · Aug 2019 to Apr 2026→Manager l, Technical Advocacy, Cloud Platforms & Data at
Datadog
General Manager, Storage Technologies, Azure Hardware Infrastructure at Microsoft · Mar 2018 to Nov 2019→CTO - Americas at
Cybersecurity Sales Executive - Azure Cloud at Microsoft · Oct 2015 to Apr 2017→Major Account Executive at
Software Development Engineer II at Microsoft · Feb 2011 to Nov 2012→CTO Office Engineer at
Torii
Project Designer at Microsoft · Jul 2014 to Aug 2014→CISO, Sr. Director Engineering, Architecture & DevOps at
Haptik
Senior Thermal Engineer at Microsoft · Aug 2012 to Aug 2013→Senior Thermal Engineer at
