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Dylan Field, Figma’s 33-year-old cofounder, is a former LinkedIn intern who launched the $68 billion Wall Street darling with $100k from Peter Thiel

Dylan Field, Figma’s 33-year-old cofounder, is a former LinkedIn intern who launched the  billion Wall Street darling with 0k from Peter Thiel

Fifteen years ago, Dylan Field was a freshman computer science student at Brown University. On Thursday, the company he started in college and now runs, Figma, made its blockbuster debut on the New York Stock Exchange, marking the largest U.S. venture-capital-backed tech IPO in four years.  Figma’s stock surged 250% on its debut, making it the largest first-day pop for …

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