Dylan Field
Co-founder and CEO of Figma, the browser-based design tool he started with Evan Wallace in 2012.
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- Dylan Field is an American technology executive, co-founder and CEO of Figma.
- He started the company in 2012 with Evan Wallace, whom he met studying computer science at Brown University, and left Brown on a Thiel Fellowship that year.
- Figma released its first public product in 2016.
- Adobe's $20 billion bid to buy it was blocked, and Figma went public on the New York Stock Exchange in July 2025.
- He owns about 9% of the company.
Key facts
- Current role
- CEO and co-founder, Figma2
- Born
- 1992; grew up in Penngrove, California1
- Education
- Computer science at Brown University from 2009; left in 2012 on a Thiel Fellowship1
- Figma
- Founded in 2012 with Evan Wallace; first public product in late 2016; initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in July 20251
- Adobe
- Adobe's $20 billion bid to buy Figma, from 2022, was blocked1
- Stake
- About 9% of Figma; Forbes estimated his net worth at $1.1 billion in June 20261
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