Most left during the social network's early days to work at other tech companies or start their own. Several have become successful investors at large VC firms; many are now absurdly rich following Facebook's IPO in Moskovitz also cofounded Good Ventures , a philanthropic firm with a mission "to help humanity thrive.
Where he is now: After working on Obama's campaign, Hughes became executive director of Jumo, a startup that tried to utilize social media to change the world.
In , he purchased a majority stake in The New Republic and became its executive chairman and editor-in-chief. He put the magazine up for sale in after it failed to become profitable. And in May , Hughes dropped a bombshell by publishing an op-ed in The New York Times that called regulators to break up Facebook in order to protect users and competition. Hughes is now co-chair of the Economic Security Project , a group that wants to make universal basic income a reality in the US.
Where he is now: After winning a legal battle with Facebook that let him retain his cofounder status, Saverin began angel investing in startups like Qwiki and Chris Hughes' Jumo. In , Saverin renounced his US citizenship and moved to Singapore, meaning the taxes he had to pay on capital gains when Facebook went public were significantly reduced. He says he has no hard feelings when it comes to Facebook or Mark Zuckerberg, who ousted him from the company shortly after its launch.
Where he is now: Parker has invested in a number of tech startups, including Spotify and Asana, and was a partner at VC firm Founder's Fund until Parker is an active philanthropist, launching multiple foundations focused on cancer and public health. He's since invested and become involved in other tech startups, such as Quilt and JobSpice, and is currently the CEO of streaming service Philo.
Where he is now: Halicioglu became the lead reliability engineer of Battle. Her position now: Gleit is Facebook's vice president of social good and one of Zuckerberg's top lieutenants. She leads all of the company's efforts around safety check, fundraising tools, and similar features.
Where he is now: Colleran was one of the last initial employees to leave Facebook. Where he is now: After Facebook, Mischler went to game developer Playdom. Mischler worked at Dropbox for five years before becoming an engineer at WeWork.
These days, he's retired, according to his LinkedIn. Where he is now: Marlette went on to cofound medical startup GoodRx. Where he is now: Sittig was Facebook's first designer and a close friend of Mark Zuckerberg. He left the company in and returned in for a two-year stint as a product architect. In , he became managing partner at Public Studio, a branding and design studio in San Francisco. Where he is now: Heyman has worked at a few other tech companies, including Twitter.
He's also invested in startups such as Nuzzel and ShopPad. These days, he's a managing partner at DynoVC. Now he leads a boutique real estate investment firm in the Boston area. In , Tyler and Cameron founded Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange company. Tyler serves as the CEO.
Hannah Murphy and Philip Stafford reported for the Financial Times in that "a secretive unit of the social media company" was working on developing a cryptocurrency that Facebook users can use beyond the social platform and had consulted with Gemini and Coinbase. He sold large chunks of his shares at various points in , , and Thiel, a libertarian, supported President Trump in and spoke at the Republican National Convention.
The Wall Street Journal reported in December that Thiel was responsible for Facebook's controversial decision to accept political ads and not fact-check them. Thiel, The Journal reported, is said to have asked Zuckerberg "not to bow to public pressure.
Narendra joined the suit against Mark Zuckerberg by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss in before eventually settling. According to his LinkedIn profile, after graduating from Harvard with a degree in applied mathematics, Narendra attended Northwestern University, where he got degrees in law and accounting and finance.
Moskovitz cofounded office organizational platform Asana in and has been the CEO of the company since. But even hotshot space companies and disease-fighting nonprofits need to coordinate staff. Asana, which the avid yoga enthusiasts named for a Sanskrit word meaning alignment, could help them all," said Forbes' Alex Konrad about the app.
Thiel, Parker, and Zuckerberg all invested seed money. He sold the publication in His time leading the magazine was marked by a decline in traffic and a wave of staff departures. Also in , Hughes married Sean Eldridge, the political director of Freedom to Marry, an organization dedicated to winning marriage for same-sex couples; Eldridge unsuccessfully ran for a seat in New York's 19th congressional district in But I'm angry that his focus on growth led him to sacrifice security and civility for clicks.
I'm disappointed in myself and the early Facebook team for not thinking more about how the News Feed algorithm could change our culture, influence elections and empower nationalist leaders.
And I'm worried that Mark has surrounded himself with a team that reinforces his beliefs instead of challenging them," he said.
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BCG is a passive investor in B Capital, meaning they only call in the consultants when founders ask. Giving B Capital even more street cred: Howard Morgan, the cofounder of First Round Capital, known for his early investments in Uber and Warby Parker, came out of retirement in to become chairman of the entire firm.
B Capital is growing fast. Only about half a dozen of its investments carry significantly higher valuations than when B Capital invested, and it got into its best-known brand—scooter company Bird—relatively late. But Saverin and Ganguly are optimistic. With its first fund nearly fully committed, B Capital will go out to raise a second fund expected to be twice as large, sources tell Forbes. B Capital declined to comment on its fundraising plans.
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