Designer Founders

Adrian James

Al Hertz

Alex Norcliffe

Andrei Herasimchuk

Andy Chung

Ben South Lee

Bobby Ghoshal

Brian Chesky

Brian Lovin

Caleb Elston

Cat Noone

Cecilia Uhr

Chris Kalani

Colin Dunn

Colleen Purdy

Collin Wikman

Dan Shiplacoff

Dave Morin

David Okuniev

Dennis Müller

Dominic Nguyen

Dustin Mierau

Edward Boatman

Eleanor Morgan

Evan Sharp

Garry Tan

Henri Liriani

Ivan Zhao

Izac Ross

Jason James

Jason Yuan

Jeff Anders

Jeff Chapin

Jeffrey Veen

Jesse Pickard

Jessica Hische

Joe Gebbia

Jonathan Arena

Jordan Singer

Jorn van Dijk

Joseph Cohen

Josh Brewer

Julia Marsh

Julie Zhuo

Karri Saarinen

Koen Bok

Kor Kajanaku

Krijn Rijshouwer

Kristopher Stipech

Lindsay Brady

Matias Corea

Matt Vernon

Michael Carter

Michael Leggett

Mike Clare

Mike Krieger

Mike Matas

Moe Amaya

Nicholas Jitkoff

Pablo Stanley

Patrick Weiss

Paul “Stammy” Stamatiou

Phil Vander Broek

Rachel Orrino

Raphael Schaad

Rasmus Andersson

Rik Lomas

Robert Yuen

Sam Hashemi

Sam Stephenson

Saman Rahmanian

Scott Belsky

Shaun Modi

Simon Amor

Simon Rohrbach

Stephanie Golik

Steve Ruiz

Steven Tey

Tony Vincent

Tyler Angert

Vince Li

Vitor Lourenco

Warren Lebovics

Will Peng

Yves Behar

Zach Abrams

Zach Klein
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