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Ex-Samsung Electronics founders who just went stealth

19 founders who worked at Samsung Electronics started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Maciej Wolski

Co-Founder
Left
Samsung Electronics
Senior Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Product Manager at Samsung Electronics2017-2018 · left May 2018
  • Head of AI & Data at RemoFirst2025-2026
  • Advisor at Diawiser2024-2025
  • Chief Executive Officer / Co-founder at PrecisionLoop2023-2024
  • Founder & CEO at AGICortex2019-2023
  • Product Area Manager (AI & Data) at Demant2018-2019
  • CEO at Inventure Sp. z o.o.2016-2017
Education
  • Polish Open University
Left
Samsung Electronics
Senior Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer at Samsung Electronics2008-2011 · left Dec 2011
  • VP, Head of Product → Chief Platform Officer at Apex Fintech Solutions2022-2026
  • Program Manager → Director of Product at Microsoft2012-2022
  • Early Career at Where it started2006-2008
Education
  • Cornell UniversityMaster's
  • Sonoma State UniversityBS

Radisav Cojbasic

Founder & CEO
Left
Samsung Electronics
Senior IC Design Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior IC Design Engineer at Samsung Electronics2013-2016 · left Jul 2016
  • Head of Engineering at Deeter Analytics2026-2026
  • Co-Founder & CEO at Irreducible2022-2026
  • Hardware Engineer at Jump Trading2020-2022
  • FPGA Team Lead at VOLANT TRADING2018-2019
  • FPGA Engineer at Exablaze2016-2018
  • IC Design Engineer at Advanced Silicon2010-2013
Education
  • Ecole polytechnique fédérale de LausannePhD
  • Ecole polytechnique fédérale de LausanneMaster's
  • University of BelgradeBachelor's

Nari Choi

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Samsung Electronics
Group Technology Product Manager, Corporate CTO Strategy Office
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Group Technology Product Manager, Corporate CTO Strategy Office at Samsung Electronics2002-2012 · left Jan 2012
  • Head of Partnership Strategy for Reality Labs & AI at Meta2020-2025
  • Sr. Director, Head of Sales Strategy & Program Management Office at Magic Leap2017-2020
  • Vice President at Stanford University2014-2019
  • Sr. Manager, Technology Business Strategy & Development at Magic Leap2015-2017
  • Principal at XSeed Capital2013-2014
  • Software Engineer Intern at Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)2001-2001
Education
  • Stanford UniversityMS
  • Pusan National UniversityBS
Left
Samsung Electronics
Senior Professional Product Strategy & Innovation
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Senior Professional Product Strategy & Innovation at Samsung Electronics2025-2025 · left Jan 2025
  • Program Lead (AI Ecosystem) at Google2023-2025
  • Digital Channels Product Manager (Transformation & Growth) at BELBİM Elektronik Para ve Ödeme Hizmetleri A.Ş.2021-2023
  • Business Development Manager - Enterprise Location Intelligence Solutions at Boni Global2019-2021
  • Product Manager - EdTech Platform at Enocta2015-2017
  • Summer Intern - Professional Development Team (Finance) at Turkcell2013-2013
  • Business Intern (Industrial Engineering) at The Coca-Cola Company2013-2013
Education
  • Utrecht UniversityBachelor's
  • Yeditepe ÜniversitesiBE
  • Harvard UniversityCertificate

Ketan K.

Founder
Left
Samsung Electronics
Technical Leader
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Technical Leader at Samsung Electronics2013-2014 · left Dec 2014
  • Research Associate at Idiap Research Institute2018-2025
  • Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay2010-2013
  • Visiting Researcher at Università di Trento2010-2010
  • Research Associate at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay2007-2010
Education
  • IIT BombayMaster's
  • IIT BombayPhD

Cid Damasceno

Founder and Product Manager
Left
Samsung Electronics
Galaxy Consultant
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Galaxy Consultant at Samsung Electronics2021-2022 · left Jun 2022
  • Business Intern at Vivo (Telefônica Brasil)2017-2018
Education
  • Princeton University
  • Universidade Cruzeiro do SulGraduação
  • Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial- SENAI

Aryan Keshri

Co-Founder
Left
Samsung Electronics
ML Engineer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • ML Engineer at Samsung Electronics2025-2025 · left Jul 2025
  • Research Assistant at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani2024-2025
  • Founding AI Engineer at Entvin (YC S22)2025-2025
  • Coordinator at Student Alumni Relations Cell, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus2022-2024
  • Commodity Markets at Macquarie Group2023-2023
Education
  • BITS PilaniBE
  • BITS PilaniMS

Nahom Ghirmay

Co-founder
Left
Samsung Electronics
"Young Innovator"
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • "Young Innovator" at Samsung Electronics2025-2025 · left Jun 2025
  • QRT C3 Hackathon Grand Finalist/Insight Day at Qube Research & Technologies2026-2026
  • Marshall Wace Insight Day at Marshall Wace2026-2026
  • Student Researcher at The Institute for Research in Schools2023-2024
Education
  • Imperial College LondonMEng

Tim Santos

Founder
Left
Samsung Electronics
Senior Staff Research Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Senior Staff Research Engineer at Samsung Electronics2013-2015 · left Jan 2015
  • Director of Product, AI Cloud Solutions at Graphcore2021-2026
  • Visiting Fellow at Zinc2023-2025
  • Advisor at airth.io2023-2025
  • Assistant Director, AI and MLOps at EY2019-2021
  • Researcher at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Affiliated School 西交利物浦大学附属学校2018-2019
  • Lead Data Scientist at Teradata2015-2018
Education
  • University of LiverpoolMaster's
  • University of the Philippines DilimanBS
Left
Samsung Electronics
Sales and Marketing Department Manager for CE products
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Sales and Marketing Department Manager for CE products at Samsung Electronics2006-2012 · left Jan 2012
  • Startup Mentor at Motor Valley Accelerator2023-2024
  • Co-Founder & COO, Director of the board at Caaresys (Acquired by Harman)2016-2022
  • Startup Mentor at Skolkovo Foundation2018-2022
  • Co-Founder & Advisor at Cinema2Go2015-2022
  • Founder and CEO at BrighTap2015-2021
  • Director Board Of Directors at TMPA Recycling תמפ"א - תאגיד מיחזור פסולת אלקטרונית בע"מ2013-2017
Education
  • Tel-Aviv University
  • Hebrew University of JerusalemMBA
  • Shakla and Tariya
Left
Samsung Electronics
Machine Learning Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Machine Learning Engineer at Samsung Electronics2017-2018 · left Dec 2018
  • Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon2021-2026
  • Graduate Student Machine Learning Researcher at University of Massachusetts Amherst2019-2020
  • Machine Learning Engineer Intern at Amazon2020-2020
  • Graduate Student Researcher at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative2020-2020
  • Research Intern @ R.I.S.E lab at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras2014-2014
Education
  • University of Massachusetts AmherstMaster's
  • Coimbatore Institute of TechnologyBE
Left
Samsung Electronics
Senior Digital Product Designer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Senior Digital Product Designer at Samsung Electronics2017-2018 · left Oct 2018
  • Chief AI Product Officer at SOME1.AI2022-2025
  • Chief Product Officer at Holofy2018-2022
  • Digital Product Designer at Orange2015-2017
Education
  • Coventry University

Ali Ajam

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Samsung Electronics
Process Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJun 2026
Work
  • Process Engineer at Samsung Electronics2017-2019 · left Apr 2019
  • Software Engineer at Microsoft2022-2026
  • Software Engineer at General Motors2021-2022
  • Research Assistant at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley2015-2016
Education
  • a16z speedrun
  • The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyMEng
  • Ferdowsi University of MashhadBachelor's

Minuk Lee

Founder
Left
Samsung Electronics
Yield/Data Analyst
Before that
Went stealthApr 2026
Work
  • Yield/Data Analyst at Samsung Electronics2023-2025 · left Feb 2025
  • Visiting Student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology2025-2026
  • Yield/Device Analyst at Intel2022-2023
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant at Georgia Institute of Technology2021-2021
Education
  • Georgia TechBS
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyBS

Anand V Iyer

Co-Founder
Left
Samsung Electronics
Architecture Pathfinding - HBM and HBM-PIM
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Architecture Pathfinding - HBM and HBM-PIM at Samsung Electronics2017-2021 · left Jan 2021
  • Memory centric throughput machines - architecture and technology at Intel2023-2026
  • Co-Founder (ex-CPO) and Advisor at DataPelago2021-2023
  • Product director - Vulcan ARM server CPU and 5G/networking infrastructure at Broadcom2013-2017
  • Product line management at Cavium Inc2001-2012
  • CPU design engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation (USA)1997-2001
Education
  • University of MichiganMS
  • PSG College of TechnologyBEng
  • Babson CollegeMBA

Megha Agarwal

Co-Founder
Left
Samsung Electronics
Senior Executive, Production Planning HHP
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Senior Executive, Production Planning HHP at Samsung Electronics2012-2014 · left Feb 2014
  • Co-Founder, CEO at Neon For Life2020-2026
  • Operations Strategy at Avant2018-2019
  • MBA Intern, Billing and Payments Group at Fiserv2017-2017
  • Director of Strategy and Business Development at Surviving Life After a Parent Dies (SLAP'D)2016-2016
  • Vocational Trainee at NTPC Limited2011-2011
Education
  • The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMBA
  • Krishna Institute of Engg & Tech.BTech

Tisa Vo

Founder
Left
Samsung Electronics
Business Development Manager, Games
Before that
Went stealthDec 2025
Work
  • Business Development Manager, Games at Samsung Electronics2015-2016 · left Jan 2016
  • Co-Founder, COO at Super Jump Games2023-2025
  • Head of Business Development US at Applift2015-2015
  • Director of Business Development at Apportable2012-2014
  • Culture & Happiness Engineer at Bunchball2012-2012
  • Production Assistant at The CREATV Company / @CREATVAsia2008-2010
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBachelor's

Gaurang Bansal

Founder, Chairman & CEO
Left
Samsung Electronics
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2023
Work
  • Software Engineer at Samsung Electronics2021-2023 · left Jun 2023
  • Delegate at Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR)2023-2023
  • Mentor, SWC at Samsung Electronics2022-2023
  • Core Member at Training and Placement Cell, YMCA.2020-2021
  • Founder, Chairman & CEO at Competitive programming Global community2019-2021
  • Software Engineer Intern at Cadence2021-2021
  • Campus Lead at Scaler2020-2021
Education
  • J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCABTech

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    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
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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.

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.