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Erik's Best Product People I Know

byErik Torenberg

  1. Josh Elman

    Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, Consumer and AI

    1. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      Partner

      2026-06 – Present

    2. Apple

      Director of Product Management

      2020-12 – 2026-06

    3. Greylock

      Board Partner

      2018-03 – 2020-11

  2. Ryan Hoover

    Founder and General Partner at Weekend Fund

    1. Weekend Fund

      Founder and General Partner

      2017 – Present

    2. ProductHunt

      Founder

      2013 – Present

  3. michael s galpert

    Director of Product Management, Fortnite at Epic Games

    1. Epic Games

      Director of Product Management, Fortnite

      Present

  4. Ben Silbermann

    Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Pinterest

    1. Pinterest

      Co-founder and Executive Chairman; former Chief Executive Officer

      2008 – Present

  1. Donnie Dinch

    Co-founder of Bitski

    1. Bitski

      Co-founder & CEO

      2018-01 – 2024-05

  3. Chris Best

    Co-founder and CEO of Substack; angel investor

    1. Substack

      Co-founder and CEO

      2017 – Present

    2. Kik

      Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

      2009 – 2017

  4. Karri Saarinen

    Co-Founder and CEO of Linear

    1. Linear

      CEO, Co-Founder

      2019-04 – Present

    2. Airbnb

      Principal Designer

      2015-10 – 2019-04

    3. Coinbase

      Head of Design

      2014-05 – 2015-06

  1. Anish Acharya

    General partner at Andreessen Horowitz

    1. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      General Partner

      2019-07 – Present

    2. Credit Karma

      Vice President of Product and General Manager

      2015 – 2019

    3. Snowball

      Founder

      2014 – 2015

  2. Dave Morin

    Co-founder and General Partner at Offline Ventures; Chairman of Esalen

    1. More or Less

      Co-host

      2022 – Present

    2. Esalen Institute

      Chairman

      2020 – Present

    3. Sunrise Foundation

      Co-founder

      2015 – Present

  3. Melanie Perkins

    Co-founder and CEO at Canva

    1. Canva

      Co-founder and CEO

      2012 – Present

  4. rahulvohra

    Founder and Head of Superhuman Mail; angel investor

    1. Todd & Rahul Capital

      Co-founder and Investor

      Present

    2. Superhuman Mail

      Founder and Head of Superhuman Mail

      Present

    3. Superhuman (acq. Grammarly, 2025)

      Founder & CEO (former, post-acquisition)

      Present

  1. Greg Isenberg

    Founder and CEO at Late Checkout

    1. Late Checkout

      Founder and CEO

      2020 – Present

    2. Reddit

      Advisor

      2021 – 2023

    3. TikTok

      Advisor

      2019 – 2021

  3. Ivan Zhao

    Co-founder and CEO of Notion

    1. Notion

      CEO & Co-Founder

      2013 – Present

  4. Benji Taylor

    Head of Design for X and SpaceXAI

    1. X

      Head of Design

      2026-03 – Present

    2. SpaceX

      Head of Design, X and SpaceXAI

      2026-03 – Present

    3. Base

      Head of Design

      2025-10 – 2026-03

  1. Fidji Simo

    Former CEO of Applications at OpenAI

    1. OpenAI

      Former CEO of Applications

      2025 – 2026-07

    2. Instacart

      Chief Executive Officer

      2021-08 – 2025

    3. Meta

      Vice President and Head of the Facebook App

      2011 – 2021

  2. Ben Rubin

    Founder of Towns, Houseparty and Meerkat; angel investor

    1. Towns

      Co-Founder

      Present

    2. Houseparty

      Co-Founder and CEO

      2012 – 2019

  3. Nikita Bier

    Product Growth Partner at Lightspeed; Advisor to X

    1. X

      Advisor

      2026-08 – Present

    2. Lightspeed Venture Partners

      Product Growth Partner

      2024-09 – Present

    3. Solana

      Advisor

      Present

  4. Ben South

    1. Variant

      Co-founder and CEO

      2024 – Present