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Josh Elman

Director of Product Management at Apple

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Josh Elman is a highly accomplished Product Builder with experience at top companies like Apple and Robinhood, as well as a successful track record as an Angel Investor and Board Member for companies like Discord and Medium. He holds a BS from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. Elman's career highlights include serving as Director of Product Management at Apple and VP Product at Robinhood, as well as making strategic investments in companies like Mammoth Media and Reface, showcasing his expertise in product management and venture capital.

Work Experience 

  • Director of Product Management

    2023 - Current

  • Product Management

    2020 - 2023

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.

Raised $1,170,230,000.00 from KB Securities, Berkshire Hathaway and Microsoft.

  • Angel Investor / Product Advisor

    2009

    I advise and/or have invested in several different early stage startups companies that are focused on reinventing media, social, crypto, and apps. I also frequently meet with entrepreneurs informally to discuss product, growth, and social strategy.

  • Board Partner

    2018 - 2020

    I continue to support investments I have made with Greylock including serving on the boards of Medium, Discord, and Mammoth Media.

  • General Partner

    2013 - 2018

    I have focused on investing in entrepreneurs building new consumer products and services. In particular, I have focused on new social networks and platforms, mobile apps, new media, and marketplaces. I invested in Seed, Series A, and Series B. I led Greylock’s investments in and have served on the boards of Medium, Discord, Musical.ly (acquired by Bytedance, renamed to Tiktok), SmartThings (acquired by Samsung), Houseparty/Meerkat (acquired by Epic), Mammoth Media, and more.

  • Principal

    2011 - 2013

Greylock Partners invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer and enterprise software companies.

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2020

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2020

  • Board Member

    2014 - 2020

  • VP Product

    2018 - 2019

    Robinhood’s mission is to democratize access to financial markets. I oversaw marketing/growth, design, research, product management, and content (grew to ~50 people). In my time, we more than doubled customers and revenue.

Robinhood is a stock brokerage that allows customers to buy and sell stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies with zero commission.

Raised $6,234,466,886.00 from Emergent Fidelity Technologies.

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2019

    Houseparty / Life on Air was acquired by Epic Games in June 2019.

  • Investor / Board Observer

    2013 - 2018

Nextdoor is a private social networking platform that connects neighbors for them to exchange helpful information, goods, and services.

Raised $723,800,000.00 from Shasta Ventures, Benchmark, Anthony Noto, DAG Ventures, Pinnacle Ventures, Greylock, Allen & Company, Dave Goldberg, ARK Investment Management and Soroban Capital Partners LP.

  • Board Observer / Investor

    2015 - 2017

    Musical.ly was acquired by Bytedance (makers of Toutiao) in December 2017. Musically is now known as Tiktok.

Musical.ly is a video social network for creating, sharing, and discovering short videos.

Raised $150,350,000.00 from Goodwater Capital, SIG China (SIG Asia Investments), Legend Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, KUNLUN, DCM Ventures, GX Capital, Cheetah Mobile, Greylock and Morningside Group.

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