Dylan Field
Dylan Field is the co-founder and CEO of Figma, the collaborative design platform that changed how teams build software. He founded Figma in 2012 after winning a Thiel Fellowship and launched the browser-based tool in 2016. Under his leadership, Figma reached a $20 billion valuation and went public in 2025.
Dylan Field's Bio
Dylan Field grew up in Penngrove, California, showing an early aptitude for math and computers. He attended Brown University, where he studied computer science before leaving in 2012 to accept a Thiel Fellowship.\n\nField co-founded Figma with Evan Wallace in October 2012, moving to San Francisco to build a revolutionary browser-based design tool. The team spent four years in development before launching Figma to the public in 2016.\n\nUnder Field's leadership, Figma attracted major enterprise clients and raised multiple funding rounds, reaching a $2 billion valuation by 2020 and going public on the NYSE in July 2025.\n\nField's approach to design collaboration transformed how product teams work, making real-time design collaboration as intuitive as editing a shared document.
Career Timeline
1992 — Born in Penngrove, California
2009 — Enrolled at Brown University
2011 — Organized Brown University hackathon
2012 — Co-founded Figma with Evan Wallace
2012 — Awarded Thiel Fellowship
2015 — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30
2016 — Figma launched to the public
2025 — Figma went public on NYSE
