Mike Vernal

Mike Vernal
Born	(1980-09-07) September 7, 1980 (age 45)
Education	Harvard University, AB magna cum laude and SM, Computer Science, 2002
Occupation	Business executive

Mike Vernal (born September 7, 1980) is an American business executive who is a venture capitalist at Conviction. He was previously an investor at Sequoia Capital in Silicon Valley and was one of the top executives at Facebook between 2008 and 2016.

Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, he was Vice President of Search, Local, and Developer products at Facebook. ^[1]

Career

Vernal joined Facebook in 2008. From 2009 to 2013, Vernal managed the Facebook Platform team and is credited with managing the Facebook Platform transition from desktop to mobile. ^[2]

During his time at Facebook, he served as vice president and was considered among the “top executives” who ran the company. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2016 after eight years at Facebook, Vernal announced his plans to leave the company. ^[5] In May 2016 he joined Sequoia Capital, a venture-capital firm specializing in technology startups. ^{[6] [5]} He is an early investor in Rippling, Clay, Notion and Statsig. ^[7] In July 2023, The Information reported that Vernal was departing Sequoia. ^[8]

At Conviction, he has led investments in Listen Labs, OpenEvidence and Thinking Machines Lab.

References

1. Isaac, Mike (20 April 2014). "Here Comes Facebook's Ad Network: Mobile Ads Launching This Month". Re/code. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
2. Tate, Ryan (28 November 2012). "How Facebook's Top Engineer is Trying to Read Your Mind". Wired. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
3. "Here Are All The Top Executives Who Actually Run Facebook". Business Insider. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
4. Wilson, Mark. "Context Cards: A Peek At Facebook's 5-Year Plan". Fast Company. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
5. Wagner, Kurt (18 April 2016). "Big-Time Facebook Executive Mike Vernal Is Headed to Sequoia". Vox.
6. "One of Facebook's longest-serving execs is leaving to become a startup investor". Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
7. "Sequoia People - Mike Vernal".
8. "Sequoia Shakes Up Senior Ranks as Vernal, Moritz Exit Roles". The Information. Retrieved 2023-07-19.