# John Andrew Entwistle

> John Andrew Entwistle is the founder and CEO of Wander, the vacation-home marketplace and operator software business. Raised in Katonah, New York, he started a game-server business as a teenager, co-founded cloud development company Coder, became a 2019 Thiel Fellow and appeared with his co-founders on the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list. He founded Wander in 2021 after a disappointing rental stay. His other activities include co-founding and chairing Adapt and founding Massive Good.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Wander
- **Organizations:** Wander, Coder, Adapt, Entwistle Ventures, Massive Good, Thiel Fellowship
- **Education:** High school; completed online
- **Known for:** Co-founded Coder, a cloud development environment company., Selected as a 2019 Thiel Fellow., Named with Coder co-founders to the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Enterprise Technology list.

## Career timeline

- **Early teens** — Started an internet game-server business.
- **2017** — Coder was founded by Ammar Bandukwala, Kyle Carberry and John Andrew Entwistle, according to Coder’s company history; Entwistle describes earlier work beginning while he was in high school.
- **2019** — Selected for the Thiel Fellowship.
- **2020** — Recognized with Coder co-founders on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Enterprise Technology list.
- **2021** — Stepped down as Coder CEO and founded Wander.
- **2022** — Named to Business Insider’s Rising Stars of Real Estate.
- **2025** — Wander announced a $50 million Series B led by QED Investors on May 28.
- **2026** — Wander welcomed the Maple and Polarity teams and continued expanding its WanderOS operator software.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Coder, a cloud development environment company.
- Selected as a 2019 Thiel Fellow.
- Named with Coder co-founders to the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Enterprise Technology list.
- Named to Business Insider’s 2022 Rising Stars of Real Estate.
- Founded Wander in 2021; the company announced a $50 million Series B in May 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Published Wander’s September product update, covering direct-booking search, mobile improvements, consistent pricing, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and Custom Charges.
- **2026-09** — Wander announced that the Polarity AI research team was joining to work on engineering systems and operator tools.
- **2026-08** — Published The AI Moment in Travel, arguing for operator websites that AI systems can read and recommend.
- **2026-07** — Announced that the team behind Maple, founded by former Shopify executives Michael Perry and Mike Taylor, was joining Wander.
- **2025-05** — Wander announced its $50 million Series B led by QED Investors.

## Links

- Website: https://entwistle.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaentwistle/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jaentwistle
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaentwistle/

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Last updated: 2026-10-26