Dylan Field, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Figma, attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. During his time at Brown, he studied computer science and mathematics, showcasing an early aptitude for algorithmic thinking and software development. Before completing his undergraduate degree, he famously paused his formal education after being awarded a Thiel Fellowship, a highly competitive program that provided him with capital and mentorship to drop out of university to pursue his entrepreneurial vision of building a cloud-based real-time collaborative design environment full-time.