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Ex-Nike founders who just went stealth

10 founders who worked at Nike started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Tamer Taji

Founder
Left
Nike
Athlete
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Athlete at Nike2017-2019 · left Dec 2019
  • Instructor at Mount Tavor Computers2024-2025
Education
  • Develeap
  • Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of EngineeringBachelor's

Alex de Guzmán

Founder
Left
Nike
Org Governance & Workforce Planning Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Org Governance & Workforce Planning Product Manager at Nike2014-2025 · left Jun 2025
  • Consultant - HR Talent Planning at PRO Unlimited2013-2014
  • Co-Founder at Pureheart Yoga2010-2013
  • Consultant - Talent Planning Systems at Nike2008-2012
  • QA Tester and Analyst at Intel2007-2008
  • Consultant - Training and Translation Strategy at Nike2001-2007
  • Web Designer and Developer at Fred Meyer2000-2001
Education
  • University of Pennsylvania

Sam Zheng

Founder
Left
Nike
Independant Reseller
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Independant Reseller at Nike2017-2019 · left Sep 2019
  • Founder’s Associate at The Patch2026-2026
  • Founder's Associate at Koncile2025-2026
  • Private Equity Analyst at Bpifrance2025-2025
  • Financial Auditor at EY2024-2024
  • Participant and Organizer at Audencia Club of Entrepreneurship - ACE2022-2024
  • Business Consultant at Audencia Junior Conseil2022-2024
Education
  • UC Berkeley
  • UC Berkeley
  • UC Berkeley

Beer Pilon

Founder
Left
Nike
Lead Integrated Media
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Lead Integrated Media at Nike2024-2025 · left Jan 2025
  • Founder - Cohort 4 at Generation AI2026-2026
  • Associate Manager, Integrated Campaigns at BISSELL Homecare, Inc.2025-2026
  • Senior Digital Manager at Carat2024-2024
  • Digital Innovation Manager at Sorbent Paper Company Pty Ltd2023-2024
  • Senior Digital Marketing Specialist at Mustard | A Creative Agency2021-2023
  • Social Media Specialist at PHD Media Nederland2019-2021
Education
  • HKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht)BA

Adeel Rahman

Founder
Left
Nike
HR Assistant
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • HR Assistant at Nike2020-2020 · left Jul 2020
  • Marketing Manager at PET SOCIETY VETERINARY CLINIC2023-2025
  • Marketing Coordinator at Emaar2020-2022
Education
  • Sprott School of Business at Carleton UniversityMBA
  • University of WaterlooBachelor's

عديل رحمن

Founder
Left
Nike
Marketing Assistant
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Marketing Assistant at Nike2020-2020 · left Jul 2020
  • Marketing Manager at PETS SOCIETY VETERINARY CLINIC2023-2025
  • Marketing Coordinator at Emaar2020-2022
Education
  • Sprott School of Business at Carleton UniversityMBA
  • University of Waterloo

Patrick J. Dixon

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Nike
Seasonal Athlete
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Runmetal
Work
  • Seasonal Athlete at Nike2016-2016 · left Aug 2016
  • Customer Experience Manager at UniFide CST Scale Systems2025-2026
  • Manager, Patient Relations Services at Emplify Health2023-2025
  • Cross Country Coach at Providence Academy La Crosse2022-2023
  • Patient Relations Specialist at Gundersen Health System2022-2023
  • Emergency Medical Technician at Chula Vista Fire Department2021-2021
  • Emergency Medical Technician at Mercy Ambulance/USMC CONTRACT2021-2021
Education
  • Claremont McKenna CollegeBA

Wolf-Daniel González García

Founder
Left
Nike
Interim Recruiter (Marketing & Tech)
Before that
Went stealthJun 2026
Work
  • Interim Recruiter (Marketing & Tech) at Nike2024-2024 · left Nov 2024
  • Interim Recruiter (Tech) at Siemens2021-2024
  • Interim Recruiter (Tech) at B. Braun Group2023-2024
  • Interim Recruiter (Tech) at PagoNxt (a Santander company)2022-2023
  • Interim Recruiter (Tech) at Hypoport SE2022-2022
  • Interim Recruiter (Tech) at Nike2021-2022
  • Interim Recruiter (Tech) at DEPT®2021-2021
Education
  • Berufskolleg Werther BrückeBanker

Naya Kate

Co-founder & CEO
Left
Nike
Product engineer
Before that
Went stealthMay 2026
Work
  • Product engineer at Nike2022-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • Datascientist at Amazon2021-2022
Education
  • École Polytechnique

Victor Sinha

Co-Founder
Left
Nike
Lead Engineer
Before that
Went stealthMay 2026
Work
  • Lead Engineer at Nike2021-2024 · left Apr 2024
  • Lead Software Engineer at SkillTune Technologies Inc.2025-2026
  • Lead Engineer at Comcast2024-2025
  • Associate Director at Factspan2019-2021
  • Solutions Architect at Wipro2017-2019
  • Technology Lead at INDECOMM2016-2017
  • Sr. IT Analyst / Senior Developer at Sherwin-Williams2014-2016
Education
  • Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, DurgapurB-Tech
  • Sri Aurobindo VidyamandirHigh School

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# the one request behind this page
curl https://api.crustdata.com/watch/person/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
# [.] = exact phrase, (.) = all words. Each week it returns only the new matches.

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About this list

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.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.