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57 Northwestern University alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Josh Elkin

Founder
Left
Linkflow
Founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Founder at Linkflow2013-2025 · left Jul 2025
  • Student at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management2011-2013
  • Senior Associate at Fiera Capital (Asia)2008-2011
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • Washington University in St. LouisBA

Leeor B.

Co-Founder
Left
Google
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Google2017-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Corporate Associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP2015-2016
  • Corporate Associate at Covington & Burling LLP2012-2015
  • Law Intern at The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey2010-2010
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityBA
  • Columbia UniversityJD

Abhijeet Mutha

Founder
Left
Ambit Private Limited
Investment Banker
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Investment Banker at Ambit Private Limited2022-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Co-Founder at Assistfit2024-2026
  • Analyst at JPMorgan Chase2021-2022
  • Senior Executive at KPMG2017-2021
  • National Athlete - Fencing at Savitribai Phule Pune University2014-2019
  • Crew Member at Brihan Maharashtra College Of Commerce2015-2016
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • The Institute of Chartered Accountants of IndiaCA
  • Brihan Maharashtra College Of CommerceBachelor's

Ashok Vasudevan

Founder
Left
Vali - Entrepreneurship Hub at ESMT
Aspiring Founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Aspiring Founder at Vali - Entrepreneurship Hub at ESMT2026-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Director - Manufacturing, Europe at Infosys2021-2026
  • Senior Manager - Business Development at Tech Mahindra2021-2021
  • Senior Technical Account Manager - Europe at Sasken Technologies Limited2008-2021
Education
  • Northwestern University
  • ESMT BerlinMBA
  • EGADE Business School del Tecnológico de Monterrey

Hemanth Vedagarbha

Co-Founder and CEO
Left
Firebolt
Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Firebolt2025-2026 · left May 2026
  • Senior Vice President, Global Head of Sales at Confluent, an IBM Company2020-2024
  • GVP, Sales at Oracle2003-2020
  • Regional Sales Manager, Enterprise Accounts at NIIT1998-2002
  • Sr. Sales Executive, Strategic Accounts at Thomsun Group1996-1997
  • Enterprise Sales Executive at Aptech1995-1995
Education
  • Northwestern University
  • Bangalore UniversityBachelor's
  • Bangalore UniversityMBA

Rob Manz

Founder
Left
Wholesale Auto Gear
Growth & Operations Lead
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Growth & Operations Lead at Wholesale Auto Gear2025-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Investment Analyst at R1 Capital2022-2024
  • Analyst at RC Capital2022-2022
  • Analyst at Refinery Ventures2022-2022
  • Financial Analyst at Inspiration Energy2022-2022
  • Research Assistant at University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business2021-2022
Education
  • Northwestern University
  • University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of BusinessBBA

Tony Park

Co-Founder
Left
Oddity 1
Co-Founder & CTO
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder & CTO at Oddity 12026-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • AI Engineering Intern at ZETIC2026-2026
  • Co-Founder at I Build X2025-2026
  • Machine Learning Engineer at Zipper2024-2024
  • Simulation & Data Analyst at KCC Corporation2024-2024
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityBachelor's
  • Korean Minjok Leadership Academy
  • Washington University in St. Louis

Tanmaye Bhatia

Founder
Left
Primary Venture Partners
AI Lead
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • AI Lead at Primary Venture Partners2024-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Co-Founder at Columbia AI Club | Columbia Business School2022-2024
  • ML & Data Engineering at World Wide Technology2019-2022
  • Co-Founder at Nude Leaf2016-2018
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityBS
  • Columbia UniversityMBA

Henry Munez

Founder
Left
BMO U.S.
Vice Chair
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Vice Chair at BMO U.S.2008-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Senior Vice President, Division Head, National Institutional Real Estate Group in Capital Markets at Bank of America1995-2008
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBA
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA

Aaryansh Sahay

Founder
Left
Gigi
Founding Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Founding Engineer at Gigi2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Founding Engineer at Pally (YC S25)2025-2026
  • Machine Learning Enginneer at The Home Depot2024-2024
  • Machine Learning Engineer at Dreamers Inc.2024-2024
  • Data Scientist at Tata Communications2022-2023
  • Data Scientist at PGP Glass Ltd.2021-2021
  • Python Automation at SequelString AI Private Limited2020-2020
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMS
  • Centre Of Excellence Analytics & Data Science, NMIMS MumbaiBTech

Shirley Xie

Co-Founder
Left
Crimson Education
Director of VIP Sales & Business Development
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Director of VIP Sales & Business Development at Crimson Education2020-2026 · left Mar 2026
  • Program Manager at SVIEF2018-2019
  • Founder at Serial Chiller Co.2017-2018
  • Relationship Manager at Bank of America2016-2016
  • Marketing Strategist at Opti2015-2015
  • Strategy Consultant Intern at Capgemini2015-2015
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • INSEADMBA
  • University of TorontoBA

Alfan Hendro

Co-Founder
Left
Traveloka
Chief Operating Officer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Chief Operating Officer at Traveloka2014-2022 · left Dec 2022
  • Founder at VoucherHotel2012-2014
  • Founder at SG House2009-2010
  • Risk Analyst at Standard Chartered2006-2009
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • University of WollongongBachelor's
  • Guanghua School of Management, Peking UniversityMBA

Deeya Burman

Co-founder & COO
Left
Ginkgo Bioworks
Associate Director, Business Development and Marketing
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Associate Director, Business Development and Marketing at Ginkgo Bioworks2020-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Graduate Student Researcher - Dunlop Lab at Boston University College of Engineering2019-2020
  • Commercial Operations & Strategy Intern at Ginkgo Bioworks2020-2020
  • Product Manager at Kinnek2014-2017
  • Strategy & Operations Consultant at Deloitte2012-2014
  • Student at Northwestern University2008-2012
  • Marketing Intern at InterbrandHealth2011-2011
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityBA
  • Boston UniversityMS
  • London School of Economics (LSE)BS

Sergio Shkurovich

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
WhiteSwell
Vice President Clinical Affairs
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Vice President Clinical Affairs at WhiteSwell2024-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Sr. Medical Affairs Lead at Syneos Health2020-2024
  • Principal at MedTech Consulting Services2020-2020
  • Vice President Global Clinical and Regulatory Affairs at V-Wave Ltd2016-2019
  • Sr. Director, Closed Loop Programs at Medtronic2013-2015
  • General Manager, New Ventures at Micro Solutions Enterprises2012-2013
  • Sr. Director, Clinical-Systems Engineering at St. Jude Medical2001-2012
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityPhD
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • Northwestern UniversityMaster's

Deblina Roy

Founder
Left
OSCOWL ai
Data Analyst
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Data Analyst at OSCOWL ai2024-2025 · left Feb 2025
  • Teaching Associate at SchoolCrop2023-2024
  • Biology Specialist at Chegg Inc.2022-2023
  • Junior Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology2020-2023
  • Summer Internship at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata2018-2018
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMTech
  • Calcutta University, KolkataBachelor's
  • St.Xavier's College, KolkataMaster's

Adi Rosenstock Gutreiman

Founder
Left
impaKt
Software Engineer Intern
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer Intern at impaKt2025-2025 · left Sep 2025
  • Software Quality Assurance Engineer Intern at MUSCLE2024-2024
  • Warehouses Development Consultant at Vertice2023-2023
  • General Director (Rosh Ken) and Educator (Madrij) at Hanoar Hatzioni2022-2023
  • General Director at La Tilde Project2021-2022
  • Marketing Intern at Ara Group2021-2021
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityBS
  • Machon Le Madrichim
  • Instituto Dr. Jaim Weizman

Vageesh Kumar

Founder
Left
FlytBase
Chief Commercial Officer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Chief Commercial Officer at FlytBase2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Leader: Commercial Center of Excellence at KPMG2023-2026
  • Senior Principal at The Arnold Group2017-2022
  • Head of Product Management at Alchemer Mobile (formerly Apptentive)2016-2017
  • Co-Founder, Head of Product at ResolutionTube2014-2016
  • Technical Product Management at Amazon2013-2014
  • Product Marketing Management (MBA Intern) at VMware2012-2012
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMS
  • The University of ChicagoMBA
  • Starter League (Code Academy)

David Riche

Founder
Left
Cypress
Founder / CEO
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founder / CEO at Cypress2026-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Product Lead / Director, Food & Beverage at Block2023-2026
  • Product Manager, Quickbooks Live at Intuit2020-2023
  • Strategy & Operations at LinkedIn2018-2019
  • Product Lead, Loyalty at Grubhub2016-2018
  • Analyst at SS&C Eze2014-2016
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • Northwestern UniversityMS
  • Stanford University

Amanda Short

Co-Founder
Left
Google
Director, Global TV Platform Partnerships
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Director, Global TV Platform Partnerships at Google2022-2025 · left Mar 2025
  • Director, Partnerships at Netflix2018-2021
  • Vice President, Partnerships at Apartment List2017-2018
  • Partnerships Finance, Strategy & Analytics at Netflix2013-2017
  • Strategy & Operations Consulting at Deloitte2007-2013
  • Strategic Planning & Business Development at Mattel, Inc.2011-2011
  • Volunteer Consultant at TechnoServe2010-2010
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • Boston CollegeBS

Anshuman Dash

Founder
Left
Strategy&
Senior Associate Intern
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Associate Intern at Strategy&2026-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Founder's Office (Pre-MBA Internship) at Sliq Pay2025-2025
  • Consultant at EY2021-2025
  • Summer Intern - Deals Advisory at PwC India2020-2020
  • Intern - Business Strategy at Urban Company2019-2019
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • Delhi UniversityBA

Hiral Sanghavi

Founder & CEO
Left
TRAMORA LLC
Founder & CEO
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founder & CEO at TRAMORA LLC2024-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Founder & CEO at Ineffable Brands2021-2023
  • Interim CEO & Head of BauBax (post acquisition) at Jamiak Inc.2020-2021
  • Founder & CEO at BauBax Lifestyle LLC2015-2020
  • MBA (Dropout) at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management2014-2015
  • Founder & CEO at Technophilia2007-2014
  • Founder & CEO at Robo-Kriti2005-2007
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • University of MumbaiBE
  • Vivekanand Education Society's Institute Of Technology

Ryan A.

Founder
Left
Global Lives Project
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Global Lives Project2024-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Student Researcher at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business2024-2026
  • Technical Project Lead at Second Front2025-2025
  • Lead UI/UX Designer at Haas Business Student Association (HBSA)2024-2024
  • Software Engineer at Global Lives Project2024-2024
  • Product & Software Developer Extern at Snap Inc.2024-2024
  • President at KORAFF.org2018-2022
Education
  • Northwestern University
  • UC BerkeleyBachelor's
  • The Overlake School

Joshua Moses

Founder
Left
Intrepid Investment Bankers
Managing Director
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Managing Director at Intrepid Investment Bankers2022-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Managing Director at Vaquero Capital2018-2022
  • Managing Director at First Analysis2012-2018
  • Associate at Lincoln International2010-2012
  • Owner at Odysseus Advisors2009-2010
  • Vice President at Davis Capital, LLC2009-2010
  • Corporate Finance Associate at William Blair2008-2009
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • University of ChicagoAB

Mohit V

Founder
Left
ETS Labs - A Company of Etech Global Services
Machine Learning Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Machine Learning Engineer at ETS Labs - A Company of Etech Global Services2024-2025 · left Jul 2025
  • Machine Learning Engineer at EG Allied Pvt. Ltd.2024-2024
  • Data Scientist II at ALLEN Digital2023-2024
  • Data Scientist at Doubtnut2023-2024
  • Data Science Trainer at Intellipaat2022-2023
  • Data Scientist at ALLEN Digital2022-2023
  • Data Scientist at Doubtnut2022-2023
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMS
  • School of Computer Engineering, KIIT DUBTech
  • Rustamji Institute of Technology, Border Security Force (BSF) Academy, Tekanpur, Gwalior 474005

A-T Schneider

co-founder
Left
Max Ventures Mallorca
Chief Investment Officer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Chief Investment Officer at Max Ventures Mallorca2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Principal at ProgressMaker®2024-2025
  • Associate Partner at AdEx Partners2022-2023
  • Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer at Realm Labs | CONTEXT2021-2022
  • VP & Head of Business Development at Solaris SE2018-2021
  • Assistant Vice President: M&A - Advisory & Execution at Commerzbank AG2011-2018
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • HULT International Business School (former Arthur D. Little School of Management)MS

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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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