Figma is going public, and the CEO was a fellow at Peter Thiel's foundation
Design software maker Figma will debut with shares indicated to open at more than triple their initial public offering (IPO) price, with the deal oversubscribed. Figma CEO Dylan Field co-founded the firm and has served as CEO since 2012, becoming chair of the board of directors in April 2025. The company's biography of Fields included in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) noted he attended Brown University for 2½ years before he accepted a Thiel Fellowship from investor Pe ...