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Startup mafia · Lineage

The Yahoo Mafia

Yahoo alumni across the consumer internet.

23 founders 38 companies Root: Yahoo →
Lineage of YahooYahooYahooBrian ActonBrian ActonWhatsAppWhatsAppWhatsApp LLCWhatsApp LLCSignalSignalSunlight GivingSunlight GivingStewart ButterfieldStewart ButterfieldLudicorpLudicorpFlickrFlickrSlackSlackSlack TechnologiesSlack TechnologiesDave FeldmanDave FeldmanEmuEmuGreenboardGreenboardMiterMiterNirav ToliaNirav ToliaEpinionsEpinionsNextdoorNextdoorFanbaseFanbaseAmjad MasadAmjad MasadReplitReplitRepl.itRepl.itAmr AwadallahAmr AwadallahClouderaClouderaVectaraVectaraJan KoumJan KoumWhatsAppWhatsAppWhatsApp LLCWhatsApp LLCLukas BiewaldLukas BiewaldFigure EightFigure EightWeights & BiasesWeights & BiasesMarissa MayerMarissa MayerSunshineSunshineDazzle AIDazzle AIAbhinav AsthanaAbhinav AsthanaPostmanPostmanAnkit SobtiAnkit SobtiPostmanPostmanCal HendersonCal HendersonSlackSlackColin KrollColin KrollVineVineDanny ZhangDanny ZhangWishWish
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Every founder in the Yahoo lineage

23 founders · 38 companies

Founders who worked at or founded Yahoo and went on to build their own companies.

B Brian Acton 4 founded
WhatsApp 2009 WhatsApp LLC 2009 Signal 2018 Sunlight Giving
S Stewart Butterfield 4 founded
Ludicorp 2002 Flickr 2004 Slack 2009 Slack Technologies 2009
D Dave Feldman 3 founded
Emu 2011 Greenboard 2024 Miter
N Nirav Tolia 3 founded
Epinions 1999 Nextdoor 2008 Fanbase
A Amjad Masad 2 founded
Replit 2016 Repl.it
A Amr Awadallah 2 founded
Cloudera 2008 Vectara
J Jan Koum 2 founded
WhatsApp 2009 WhatsApp LLC 2009
L Lukas Biewald 2 founded
Figure Eight 2007 Weights & Biases 2017
M Marissa Mayer 2 founded
Sunshine 2017 Dazzle AI
A Abhinav Asthana 1 founded
Postman 2014
A Ankit Sobti 1 founded
Postman 2014
C Cal Henderson 1 founded
Slack 2009
C Colin Kroll 1 founded
Vine 2012
D Danny Zhang 1 founded
Wish 2010
D Dhruba Borthakur 1 founded
Rockset 2016
E Enrique Munoz Torres 1 founded
Sunshine 2017
E Eric Costello 1 founded
Slack 2009
E Ethan Diamond 1 founded
Bandcamp 2007
H Hussam Khoury 1 founded
Souq
J Jianing Hu 1 founded
Polyvore 2007
P Pasha Sadri 1 founded
Polyvore 2007
S Samih Toukan 1 founded
Souq
S Serguei Mourachov 1 founded
Slack 2009
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