Which founders came from Atari?

Ex-Atari founders: 3 people who left Atari to start companies

3 people who founded or worked at Atari went on to found 9 companies, including Nolan Bushnell, Steve Jobs and Ted Dabney.

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Founders who came from Atari

Nolan Bushnell

American businessman and engineer (born 1943)

Went on to found

Atari, Inc. 1972 Chuck E. Cheese 1977 uWink 2000

Steve Jobs

American businessman and inventor (1955–2011)

Went on to found

Apple 1976 Apple Inc. 1976 NeXT 1985 Pixar 1986 MDTV 2025

Ted Dabney

Co-founder of Atari Inc. (1937–2018)

Went on to found

Atari, Inc. 1972

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