Dylan Field

Dylan Field is the co-founder, chair, chief executive officer and president of Figma, which he started with Evan Wallace in 2012.

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Figma

2012 — Present

Co-founder, Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President

Co-founded Figma with Evan Wallace in 2012. Has served as CEO and president since October 2012 and as board chair since April 2025.

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Product Design Intern
Jan 2012 — Jul 2012
Palo Alto, California, United States
Software Engineering Intern
May 2011 — Aug 2011

2010 — 2010

Data Analytics Intern

Explored skills data and helped develop an early volunteer-matching initiative.

O'Reilly

Jan 2008 — Jun 2009

Online Marketing Intern

Brown University

Bachelor's studies in software

Sonoma State University

Products & media

youtube.com

In conversation: Dylan Field and Garry Tan

Video

figma.com

Figma's IPO: Design is everyone's business

Writing

linkedin.com

Dylan Field’s annotated Thiel Fellowship application

Field revisits his 2011 fellowship application, tracing early work and the uncertain ideas that preceded Figma.

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Dylan Field

Figma

Flipboard

Product Design Intern

Software Engineering Intern

LinkedIn

O'Reilly

Brown University

Sonoma State University

Products & media

In conversation: Dylan Field and Garry Tan

Figma's IPO: Design is everyone's business

Dylan Field’s annotated Thiel Fellowship application

Thiel Fellowship

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