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Dave Smith

Figma’s 33-year-old billionaire CEO says he tells his team to ignore stock price volatility: ‘We don‘t control that number, we control the inputs’

Dylan Field speaks on stage (Credit: David Paul Morris—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Figma CEO Dylan Field delivered a clear message to his team before and even the day of his company’s Wall Street debut: Focus on what you can control, not the market’s whims.

In his first podcast interview since the design software company went public, the 33-year-old billionaire CEO told the hosts of Vox Media’s Access podcast, Alex Heath and Ellis Hamburger, that he reminded his team to stay grounded amid the excitement of Figma’s initial public offering in July.

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