# Vish Dumpeti

> Vish Rao Dumpeti is a New York technology and product leader and the founder, CEO and managing partner of Forward Share Ventures. His career includes Spotify, WeWork, CLEAR and Justworks, alongside cofounding roles at MakeMe and Vesta Equity. ForwardShare combines venture building, an expert operator network and capital for AI-native B2B software companies.

- **Role:** Founder, CEO & Managing Partner at Forward Share Ventures
- **Organizations:** Forward Share Ventures, Vesta Equity, MakeMe, Justworks, CLEAR, WeWork, Spotify, MediaMath, The New York Times, Yahoo, ProQuest, Hughes Network Systems
- **Education:** BS in Computer Science; astronomy and robotics concentration (self-described), University of Maryland, Advanced executive study in strategy and innovation; management and leadership; technology, operations and value chain management, MIT Sloan School of Management
- **Known for:** Reports scaling more than 250 people across 25+ platform teams at Justworks., Reports building Spotify Ad Studio and supporting advertising revenue growth above 60% year over year., Reports WeWork technology initiatives producing $250M+ in capital expenditure savings during IPO readiness.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Lists ProQuest Above and Beyond and CSA Illuminator recognition on his professional profile.
- **2008** — Lists Yahoo Super Star Awards associated with Yahoo Sports and World Cup work.
- **2009** — Lists Yahoo Odyssey Awards for LatAm Hack Days and Project Asenna.
- **2010** — Lists Innovation Challenge recognition for The Listen Project at The New York Times.
- **2012-2025** — Wellfound lists his fractional cofounder and CTO role at MakeMe.
- **2023** — Published a March 13 essay on team effectiveness in his MySCRIPT publication.
- **—** — Cofounded Vesta Equity as CTO; led technology teams at Spotify, WeWork, CLEAR and Justworks before founding Forward Share Ventures.
- **2026** — Listed as a speaker for ASAN Investor-Founder Connect on June 5 during New York Tech Week.

## Achievements

- Reports scaling more than 250 people across 25+ platform teams at Justworks.
- Reports building Spotify Ad Studio and supporting advertising revenue growth above 60% year over year.
- Reports WeWork technology initiatives producing $250M+ in capital expenditure savings during IPO readiness.
- Reports launching CLEAR verticals supporting 100M+ identity verifications.
- Founded Forward Share Ventures, which cofounds and builds AI-native B2B companies and operates a network of 200+ expert operators.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Listed among featured speakers for ASAN Investor-Founder Connect on June 5, 2026, in New York.

## Links

- Website: https://vish.me
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vdumpeti
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/vishpool
- GitHub: https://github.com/vishpool
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/vishpool
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/vishpool
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vishpool

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Last updated: 2026-10-10