
Ben Shanken
About
Ben Shanken was vice president of product at Coinbase from early 2025 to September 2026. Before that he spent four years in the same role at Discord, covering growth, safety and developer ecosystems, and six years at Lyft, where he went from growth product manager to general manager of the ads business. He has been an angel investor since 2019, backing five to ten companies a year.
Notable experience
Angel Investor
Angel Investor
Jan 2019 – Present
Vice President of Product
Jan 2025 – Sep 2026
Vice President of Product
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025
General Manager of Ads
Jul 2020 – Jan 2021
Director of Product, Growth
Jul 2017 – Jul 2020
Product Manager, Growth
Jan 2015 – Jul 2017
First PM
Jul 2010 – Jul 2015
Education
Washington University in St. Louis (opens in a new tab)
B.A., Economics and Computer Science




