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Ex-The Walt Disney Company founders who just went stealth

11 founders who worked at The Walt Disney Company started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Saishree Ashwin

Founder
Left
The Walt Disney Company
Director- Products
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Director- Products at The Walt Disney Company2011-2017 · left Feb 2017
  • Head of Product at Nazara Technologies Limited2025-2026
  • Business Development Lead- Games, India/ Africa/MiddleEast/Turkey at Epic Games2021-2025
  • Head of Production- Games at Rainshine Animation2017-2021
  • Creator of Special Mission - a podcast on Spotify at Rainshine Global Inc.2020-2020
  • Consultant- Internet Privacy at RedMorph Inc.2017-2019
  • General Manager- Product at Zapak Digital Entertainment Limited2006-2011
Education
  • Mangalore UniversityMaster's
  • Volda University College (HVO)

Wiley Evans

Co-Founder / Product Engineer
Left
The Walt Disney Company
Senior Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer at The Walt Disney Company2021-2025 · left Oct 2025
  • Senior Software Engineer at IN.LIVE2020-2021
  • Senior Software Engineer at Elsevier2017-2020
  • Senior Frontend Engineer at Nimble Collective2017-2017
  • Software Engineer at 3D Robotics2016-2017
  • Frontend Engineer at We Heart It2014-2015
  • Independent Web Developer at Thinknoise1999-2015
Education
  • San Francisco State UniversityBachelor's
  • California Institute of the ArtsMaster's

Priyanka Puthran

Co-Founder
Left
The Walt Disney Company
Senior Technical Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Technical Product Manager at The Walt Disney Company2023-2024 · left Oct 2024
  • Head of Product Strategy at STONEBOY2024-2025
  • Senior Manager - Products and Technology at PwC2021-2023
  • Business Architect and API Lead for Hilton Grand Vacation at Hilton Grand Vacations2020-2021
  • Lead Product Manager at Disney Experiences2018-2020
  • Senior Information Technology Consultant at Infosys2011-2018
Education
  • Product School
  • Product School
  • Masters in Business AdministrationMBA

Roger Pei

Founder
Left
The Walt Disney Company
Media Intern to the Director of Disney Branded Content
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Media Intern to the Director of Disney Branded Content at The Walt Disney Company2015-2015 · left Sep 2015
  • Financial Center Lending Officer NMLS # 1467648 at Bank of America2017-2018
  • Junior Loan Officer at Senior Advantage Association2016-2017
  • JPEC Ambassador at John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at The University of Iowa2014-2015
  • Winter Analyst Intern at Kearney2015-2015
  • Sales Representative at Vector Marketing2011-2011
Education
  • University of IowaBachelor's
  • University of IowaMinor

Diego Andaluz

Co-Founder
Left
The Walt Disney Company
Social Media Marketing/Publicity Liason (The Testament of Ann Lee)
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Social Media Marketing/Publicity Liason (The Testament of Ann Lee) at The Walt Disney Company2025-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • Gen Z Marketing/Publicity Ambassador - Marty Supreme, The Drama, Charli XCX’s The Moment, etc. at A24 (NYC)2025-2026
  • Sales & Development at Cinetic Media2026-2026
  • Juror/Speaker at Miami Film Festival2026-2026
  • Marketing/Publicity Event Assistant (I Love Boosters) at NEON2026-2026
  • Social Media Marketing/Publicity Liason (The Testament of Ann Lee) at Searchlight Pictures2025-2025
  • WME NXT Industry Sessions Program, Motion Picture at WME2025-2025
Education
  • NYU
  • NYU
  • NYU

Dave Rennick

Founder
Left
The Walt Disney Company
Performing Musician
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Lawhive
Work
  • Performing Musician at The Walt Disney Company2008-2008 · left Nov 2008
  • Head of Design at Lawhive2025-2026
  • Founding Designer at Guided2024-2025
  • Principal UX Design at Volta Trucks2023-2024
  • Head of Product Design at Willow2021-2023
  • Lead Product Designer at Boral2018-2020
  • Lead Product Designer at Vinyl Group2015-2019
Education
  • Macquarie University
  • University of Sydney
  • RMIT University

Priyam Parikh

Founder, Creative Director
Left
The Walt Disney Company
Cinematic Director
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Cinematic Director at The Walt Disney Company2019-2022 · left Aug 2022
  • Senior Layout Artist - Feature at Dwarf Animation Studio2025-2026
  • Filmmaker, Unreal Fellowship at Epic Games2021-2021
  • Lead Designer at Fable Studio2018-2019
  • Shorts Director at Meta2017-2019
  • Innovation Associate at Sony Pictures Entertainment2017-2017
  • Comedy/New Media Development at Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios2016-2017
Education
  • GOBELINS, l'école de l'imageMA
  • University of Southern CaliforniaBS
  • Newark Academy

Aarushi C.

Founder
Left
The Walt Disney Company
MBA Consultant
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Founder University
Work
  • MBA Consultant at The Walt Disney Company2025-2025 · left Apr 2025
  • AI Curriculum Designer at USC Marshall School of Business2025-2026
  • AI Consultant MBA Intern at ADAPTOVATE2025-2025
  • MBA Consultant at Leferi2025-2025
  • Fractional Strategy and Operations Director, Startups at the people people2024-2024
  • Senior Management Consultant at Carpedia International2023-2024
  • Head of People Ops at Wattpad2021-2023
Education
  • USC Marshall School of BusinessMBA
  • Cornell University
  • Wilfrid Laurier UniversityBachelor's

Tom Montgomery

Founder
Left
The Walt Disney Company
Various Mgmt roles in Strategy, Marketing, and Finance
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Various Mgmt roles in Strategy, Marketing, and Finance at The Walt Disney Company1995-2005 · left Jul 2005
  • SVP of Strategic Initiatives at De Beers Group2013-2018
  • Global Head of Group Finance, Strategy, and Corporate Venturing at adidas2006-2011
Education
  • Harrow School
  • Deerfield Academy
  • Claremont McKenna CollegeBA

Michael Breslin

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
The Walt Disney Company
Global Brand and licensing Manager- Action/Adventure
Before that
Went stealthMay 2026
Work
  • Global Brand and licensing Manager- Action/Adventure at The Walt Disney Company2001-2003 · left Jan 2003
  • Chief Executive Officer at Nyx Studios (Entertainment)2025-2026
  • Co-Founder & Senior Advisory Board Member at Esports Capital Corp.2019-2025
  • Fractional EVP of Commercial Strategy, Business Development, and Sales at Devvio Inc2023-2025
  • Head of Account Management and Collectibles at Idea Planet, powered by BDA2023-2024
  • Global VP/GM Strategy & Business Development at Cartamundi2020-2023
  • GM/Head of Global Sales & Marketing, Mobile at Razer2017-2019
Education
  • The University of Texas at Austin

Adriana Davila

Co-Founder
Left
The Walt Disney Company
Software Engineer II
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer II at The Walt Disney Company2022-2026 · until Feb 2026
  • Co-Founder at Stringr (Acquired by Tennis Australia)2019-2025
  • Software Engineer at Venstar Inc.2017-2022
Education
  • California State University, NorthridgeBS
  • Santa Monica College

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  -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 } }
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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.