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92 founders who worked at McKinsey & Company started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Mary Min

Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Junior Engagement Manager
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Junior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company2023-2026 · until Nov 2026
  • Private Equity at BlackFin Capital Partners2022-2023
  • MBA Intern at Uncapped2021-2022
  • Investment Banking Summer Associate at Goldman Sachs2021-2021
  • Senior Manager at CIBC2019-2020
  • Senior Accountant at KPMG2015-2019
Education
  • London Business SchoolMBA
  • University of TorontoBachelor's
Left
McKinsey & Company
Associate
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Associate at McKinsey & Company2012-2014 · left Jul 2014
  • Chief Executive Officer at Relecura2026-2026
  • Senior Product Manager at Google2019-2026
  • Product Manager at C3 AI2018-2019
  • SQL Server and Azure SQL Database at Microsoft2016-2017
Education
  • Stanford UniversityMaster's
  • IIM Ahmedabad
  • IIT MadrasBTech

Vasi Karkantzos

Co-Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Sr. Engagement Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Sr. Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company2018-2021 · left May 2021
  • Founding GTM at ResolveAI2025-2026
  • Advisor at Lucent (acquired by fal)2025-2026
  • Chief Revenue Officer at Connectly.ai2021-2025
  • Chief Strategy Officer at Carriage2017-2018
  • Chief Strategy Officer at VHacks2017-2018
  • Product Manager Intern at ezhome2017-2017
Education
  • Harvard Business SchoolMBA
  • National Technical University of AthensDiploma
  • Hellenic American Educational Foundation Athens College
Left
McKinsey & Company
Business Analyst
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company2019-2021 · left Jan 2021
  • Investor at Construct Capital2025-2026
  • Investor at America’s Frontier Fund2023-2025
  • Growth Lead at FutureFit AI2021-2023
Education
  • Washington University in St. LouisBA
Left
McKinsey & Company
Private Equity Associate
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Private Equity Associate at McKinsey & Company2022-2024 · left Dec 2024
  • Medical Doctor at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust2021-2026
Education
  • University of NottinghamBS
  • University of NottinghamBachelor's

Ahmad Z.

Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Mckinsey Forward Program
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Mckinsey Forward Program at McKinsey & Company2024-2025 · left Jan 2025
  • Co-Lead at ThynkTech2024-2024
  • Creators League Ambassador at Devsinc2024-2024
  • Campus Ambassador at Hawks Youth Vision2024-2024
  • Web Development Intern at CodSoft2023-2023
Education
  • University of Engineering and Technology, LahoreBS
  • Punjab Group Of CollegesIntermediate
Left
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company FORWARD
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • McKinsey & Company FORWARD at McKinsey & Company2023-2024 · left Mar 2024
  • Brain-computer interfaces & Neurotechnology Spring School 2026 X BR41N.IO Hackathon at g.tec medical engineering GmbH - NEVER STOP RECORDING2025-2026
  • NFL Big Data Bowl 2026 Prediction Competition-Spatio temporal Predictive Modeler (AI/ML) at National Football League (NFL)2025-2026
  • Brain to text Challenge-Brain-computer interface X Google DeepMind Research NeurIPS Competition at University of California, Davis2025-2026
  • IBM AI Experiential Learning Lab X Agentic AI Hackathon with IBM watsonx Orchestrate at IBM2025-2025
  • Bank of India (BOI) FinTech & Cybersecurity Hackathon IIT Hyderabad at Bank of India2025-2025
  • IBM TechXchange 2025 watsonx Hackathon at IBM2025-2025
Education
  • JNTUH College of Engineering HyderabadBTech

Michelle B.

Co-Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Partner
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Partner at McKinsey & Company2022-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • VP/GM at Collins Aerospace2018-2022
  • General Manager at UTC Aerospace Systems2017-2018
  • Senior Director Sales Operations at United Technologies2016-2017
  • Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company2009-2016
  • Summer Associate at Jones Day2008-2008
  • Configuration Design Engineer at Boeing2005-2007
Education
  • University of Virginia School of LawJD
  • The Ohio State UniversityBS
  • The Ohio State UniversityMS

Mike Makowski

Co-Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Senior Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer at McKinsey & Company2022-2023 · left Dec 2023
  • Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Open Mercato2026-2026
  • Senior Software Engineer at Staking Rewards by The Tie2025-2025
  • Senior Software Engineer at TechSee2023-2025
  • Founder at Suncern Technologies2020-2022
  • Senior Software Engineer at Nexontis2020-2022
  • Software Engineer at TÜV Rheinland Group2019-2020
Education
  • Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu w Dąbrowie GórniczejInzynier
  • Zespół Szkół nr 3 im. Antoniego Kocjana w OlkuszuŚrednie

Carlo Neumark

Founder & CEO
Left
McKinsey & Company
Management Consultant
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company2015-2018 · left Jul 2018
  • Fund Lead at Hedosophia2021-2024
  • Investor at L Catterton2018-2021
Education
  • Questrom School of Business, Boston University
  • Associação Escola Graduada de São Paulo
Left
McKinsey & Company
Forward Learner
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Forward Learner at McKinsey & Company2026-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Consumer Behaviour (Certification) at LVMH2026-2026
  • Student Representative at The University of Manchester2023-2026
  • Delegate at Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR)2025-2026
  • Consumer Marketing Intern at HSBC2025-2025
  • Delegate at Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR)2024-2025
  • Student Ambassador at MeatFreed2024-2024
Education
  • The University of ManchesterMS
  • The University of ManchesterBachelor's
  • Pratt Memorial schoolISC

Peter Ang

Co-Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Anayst
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Anayst at McKinsey & Company2014-2015 · left Jun 2015
  • Growth Manager at SEEK2023-2024
  • Co-Founder (Product & Strategy) at Raabtaa | Tech Solutions Matchmaker2022-2023
  • VP, Strategy at BJAK2020-2021
  • Strategic Projects Lead at Grab2016-2020
Education
  • University of NottinghamBS
  • Code in Place

Michael Levas

Co-Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Business Analyst
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company2024-2026 · left Jan 2026
Education
  • UNSWLLB

Yu Hu

Co-Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Discover 2013
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Discover 2013 at McKinsey & Company2013-2013 · left Apr 2013
  • International Equities at Citadel2017-2022
  • Investment Banking Analyst at Deutsche Bank2014-2017
  • Co-Founder/CEO at Babel Education2011-2014
Education
  • University of CambridgeBA

Anandita Sudarshan, BA(Hons), MSc

Founder & Product Designer
Left
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey Forward Program
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • McKinsey Forward Program at McKinsey & Company2025-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • Social Media Strategy Consultant & Advisor at 3AI2024-2025
  • Social Media Executive at XIPHIAS Investment Migration Inc.2024-2024
  • Publicity Officer at BFS Exeter Women in Business2023-2024
  • UI/UX Designer at XIPHIAS Investment Migration Inc.2023-2023
  • User Experience Designer [Contract] at AGL Studio | Creative Services2022-2022
  • Experience Designer at frog2022-2022
Education
  • Oxford Brookes UniversityPhD
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Exeter Business SchoolMS

Andrew Makasini

Co-Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
UX Designer & Researcher
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • UX Designer & Researcher at McKinsey & Company2021-2022 · left Apr 2022
  • Senior User Interface Designer at Noah Medical2024-2026
  • UX Designer at Deloitte Digital2022-2024
  • Usability Engineer at Varian2019-2021
  • Sales at AT&T2016-2019
Education
  • UC IrvineMaster's
  • San Jose State UniversityBA
  • Cañada CollegeTransfer

Lukas Weimann

Co-Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Jr Engagement Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Jr Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company2022-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Co-Founder at CleanTech Forward2026-2026
  • Researcher at Utrecht University2017-2022
  • CCS Summer School at IEAGHG2018-2018
Education
  • ETH ZürichMS
  • MITMaster's
  • ETH ZürichBS
Left
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company logo McKinsey Forward Program'25
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • McKinsey & Company logo McKinsey Forward Program'25 at McKinsey & Company2026-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Ambassador at Deeplearning.ai PIE & AI Cairo2026-2026
  • Developer Relations at Swytchcode2026-2026
  • Developer Advocate at DezHub India Community2025-2026
  • Public Relations Specialist at SheBuilds2025-2026
  • Technology Evangelist at DezHub India Community2025-2026
  • Ambassador at Stellar India2025-2026
Education
  • K.R. Mangalam UniversityBTech
  • S D Memorial SR. SEC. school
  • MCKINSEY FORWARD

John Dowdy

Founder & CEO
Left
McKinsey & Company
Senior Partner
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company1990-2023 · left Aug 2023
  • Member of the Advisory Board at Shield AI2025-2026
  • Senior Advisor at Incentrum Group2023-2024
Education
  • Harvard Business SchoolMBA
  • UC BerkeleyBS
Left
McKinsey & Company
Business Analyst
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Extend Care
Work
  • Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company2019-2021 · left Jan 2021
  • Intern at Harvard Foundation2015-2019
  • Summer Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company2017-2017
  • Founder at Global Buddy2013-2016
  • Private Equity Analyst Intern at HNA Group (International) Company Limited2016-2016
  • Intern at Project Concern International2012-2015
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBachelor's
  • The Bishop's SchoolHigh School

Gregory Jessner

Co-Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Senior Engagement Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company2018-2021 · left Sep 2021
  • Founder in Residence at Le Crypto Fellowship2021-2022
  • MBA Student at INSEAD2016-2017
  • Director - Equity Derivatives Trading at BNP Paribas2006-2016
  • Summer Intern at Deutsche Bank2005-2005
Education
  • INSEADMBA
  • HEC
  • Université Paris DauphineDESS 203

Ben De Smet

Co-Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Engagement Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company2019-2023 · left Dec 2023
  • COO at BuddyRise2026-2026
  • CEO at Conveo2023-2024
  • Private Equity Intern at Gimv2018-2018
  • Investment Banking Intern at Nomura2017-2017
Education
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • KU Leuven
  • London School of Economics (LSE)Summer School

Mehdi Benseghir

Co-Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Expert AP
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Expert AP at McKinsey & Company2016-2024 · left Mar 2024
Education
  • Al Akhawayn University

Maximilian Metz

Co-Founder
Left
McKinsey & Company
Engagement Manger
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Engagement Manger at McKinsey & Company2019-2024 · left Jul 2024
  • Head of Strategic Insights & Analytics at Tipico2024-2026
  • Intern: Strategy Consulting at Strategy&2018-2018
  • Intern: Private Equity at Orlando Capital GmbH2017-2017
  • Intern & Working Student: Management Consulting at Horváth2016-2016
  • Intern: Audit at Deloitte2015-2015
Education
  • Universität MannheimMS
  • Copenhagen Business SchoolMS
  • Ludwig-Maximilians Universität MünchenBS
Left
McKinsey & Company
Forward Program Fellow
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Forward Program Fellow at McKinsey & Company2026-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Equity Research Analyst at DFR2026-2026
  • VC Extern HP Tech Ventures at Extern2026-2026
  • Real Estate/Private Equity Intern at Project Destined2026-2026
  • Fundraising Lead at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society2024-2025
  • Chief Communications Officer (CCO) at Teach Her Today2024-2025
  • Social Media Chair at GIDAS2023-2024
Education
  • Purdue UniversityBS

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What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

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