> One of the reasons you rarely see a MAMAA (Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon) VP or above start a company is the lack of desperation

Only Facebook/Meta, only VP or higher, only exit-to-founder, only since 2021, and only the ones that I can find in <15 minutes:

- Statsig, Vijaye Raji (VP Entertainment, VP Gaming): https://www.geekwire.com/2021/former-head-facebook-seattle-s...

- Anonym, Graham Mudd (VP Product Marketing/Ads): https://www.adexchanger.com/ad-exchange-news/metas-graham-mu...

- Mori, Cory Ondrejka (VP Engineer): https://www.speakers.co.uk/speakers/cory-ondrejka/

- Detect, Hugo Barra (VP of VR): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-15/former-fa...

- Lightspark, David Marcus (Head of fintech unit Novi): https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/david-marcus-lightspark

- Additional Ventures, Mike Schroepfer (ex-CTO; he founded AV two years prior to exit, but left FB to focus on it): https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/30/facebook-former-cto-mike-sch...