The Founder Graph

Every company has a family tree.

founders.io maps who founded what — and where they came from before. Follow the lineages, the co-founders, and the “mafias” that turn one company into many.

38,688Companies
65,575Founders
181Mafias
69,061Connections

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A “mafia” is the network of founders who came out of one company to build their own. These lineages are the fastest way to fall down a rabbit hole.

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