ArtCorgi’s Portraits of Palo Alto Founders and CEOs

Adam Nash of WealthFront Before and After by Louie Zong via ArtCorgi

Adi Tatarko and Alon Cohen of Houzz Before and After by Louie Zong

ALex Karp of Palantir Before and After by Andy Lamarca via ArtCorgi

Dave Goldberg of Survey Monkey Before and After by Louie Zong via ArtCorgi

Elizabeth Iorns of Science Exchange Before and After by KrisBrannock via ArtCorgi

Eric Migicovsky of Pebble Before and After by Silvadoray via ArtCorgi

Gabriel Leydon of Machine Zone Before and After by PhuThieu via ArtCorgi

Mike McCue of Flipboard Before and After by Sarafinah via ArtCorgi

Ron Gutman of Healthtap Before and After by Lili Ribeira via ArtCorgi

Steve Kondik of Cyanogen Before and After by Silvadoray via ArtCorgi

Tim Brown of Ideo Before and after by Lili Ribeira via ArtCorgi

Tod Sacerdoti of Brightroll Before and After by Lili Ribeira via ArtCorgi

We decided to have some fun at the end of October and commissioned a series of art commissions featuring the CEOs and founders of startups in our local area to say hello and give ourselves another excuse to commission awesome art.

We tried to give each portrait a theme inspired by the founder/CEO’s respective company. For example, we put Alex Karp of Palantir in a Lord of the Rings-inspired outfit with a palantír (a magical object from the LOTR series) in his hand.

Once the commissions were finished, we had them printed on life-sized ArtClings and delivered each piece of art, along with some ArtCorgi stickers and homemade snickerdoodles, to the startups’ offices.

Here are the ArtCorgi artists who did the portraits of each subject:

  • Adam Nash of Wealthfront – by Louie Zong (temporarily unavailable for commissions)
  • Adi Takato and Alon Cohen of Houzz – by Louie Zong
  • Alex Karp of Palantir – by Andy Lamarca
  • Dave Goldberg of SurveyMonkey – by Louie Zong
  • Elizabeth Iorns of Science Exchange – by KrisBrannock
  • Eric Migicovsky of Pebble – by Silvadoray
  • Gabriel Leydon of Machine Zone – by PhuThieu
  • Mike McCue of Flipboard – by Sarafinah
  • Ron Gutman of Healthtap – by Lili Ribeira (vector illustrations)
  • Steve Kondik of Cyanogen – by Silvadoray
  • Tim Brown of Ideo – by Lili Ribeira (digital paintings)
  • Tod Sacerdoti of Brightroll – by Lili Ribeira (vector illustrations)