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Serial founders

The most prolific builders in the graph — 4,001 founders who started two or more companies.

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4,001 serial founders · page 1 of 67

Richard Branson 26 companies
English business magnate (born 1950)
Virgin Galactic, Virgin Oceanic, Virgin Australia, Virgin Australia Holdings, Virgin Mobile UK, Virgin Money, Virgin Money UK, Virgin Vacations, Virgin Books, Virgin Records, Virgin Megastores, Virgin Rail Group, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Active, Virgin Group, Virgin Records Limited, Virgin Media, Liquid Comics, Virgin Media Ireland, Virgin America, Virgin Express, Virgin Mobile USA, Virgin Trains, V Festival, Virgin Cars, The Spaceship Company
Jimmy Wales 17 companies
Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)
Wikia, Wikipedia, Bomis, WikiTribune, English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, Jimmy Wales Foundation, Fandom, Inc., Wikimedia Commons, Trustcafé, Wikia Search, Community Central, Wikinews, Wikispecies, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wiktionary
Elon Musk 15 companies
Businessman (born 1971)
PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, Zip2, X.com, OpenAI, xAI, The Boring Company, Thud, X Corp., SpaceXAI, Hyperloop One, X Holdings Corp, America PAC
Peter Thiel 13 companies
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
PayPal, Helius, Palantir, Founders Fund, Confinity, Clarium Capital, Valar Ventures, Mithril Capital, Palantir Technologies, Thiel Fellowship, Dialog, The Stanford Review, Breakout Labs
Paul Allen 12 companies
American businessman (1953–2018)
Microsoft, Traf-O-Data, Stratolaunch Systems, Apex Learning, Allen Institute for Immunology, Allen Institute for Cell Science, Living Computers: Museum + Labs, Flying Heritage Collection, Starwave, Asymetrix, Mojave Aerospace Ventures, Vulcan Productions
Bill Gates 10 companies
American businessman and philanthropist (born 1955)
Microsoft, Traf-O-Data, TerraPower, bgC3, Xbox Game Studios, Cascade Investment, Branded Entertainment Network, Breakthrough Energy Coalition, Microsoft Research, DATA
Joe Lonsdale 10 companies
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
Palantir, Addepar, OpenGov, 8VC, Formation 8, Erebor, Cicero Institute, Palantir Technologies, Terminal, Epirus
Yesol Heo 10 companies
Neo Genesis, UR WRONG, ToolPick, K-OTT, ReviewLab, FinStack, DeployStack, CraftDesk, AIForge, SellKit
George M. Church 9 companies
American geneticist (born 1954)
Colossal Biosciences, eGenesis, Dyno Therapeutics, Nabla Bio, Veritas Genetics, Nebula Genomics, Astromech, Editas Medicine, EnPlusOne Biosciences
Arifur Rahman 8 companies
Bangladeshi-Norwegian political cartoonist, illustrator and animator
Cartoonist's Shop, FnF.FM Radio, Cartoonist Network, Easybie, Rachona, Cartoonist of the Year Award, Samoyiki, Toons Mag
George Lucas 8 companies
American filmmaker and entrepreneur (born 1944)
Lucasfilm, Lucas Learning, THX, Lucasfilm Games, Industrial Light & Magic, Skywalker Sound, Lucasfilm Animation, Edutopia
John de Mol Jr. 8 companies
Dutch media proprietor (born 1955)
Talpa Network, Talpa Studios, Endemol, Banijay UK, 538 Groep, Talpa Media, John de Mol Productions, ITV Studios Netherlands
Ted Turner 8 companies
American media mogul (1938–2026)
Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, CNN, Turner Entertainment, Turner Broadcasting System, WWE NXT, Warner Bros. Discovery Argentina, TV-6, Turner Broadcasting System Europe
Henrik Åberg 8 companies
directree, Calculate Bussiness Days, saasrocket.space, The Director, MCPVault, Lapsewise, VNDLY, QRhubly
Krupesh Thacker 8 companies
Esy ID, Krup Publishing, The Krup Universe, Krup Productions, Global Clubfoot Awareness Parv, Krup Health, Krup Music, Global Clubfoot Day
Andrew Lee 7 companies
American entrepreneur
Tasklet, Firebase, Joseon Cybernation, Private Internet Access, elago, Shortwave, Neubility
Bryan Johnson 7 companies
Braintree, OS Fund, Kernel, Blueprint, Immortals, Don't Die, Braintree Payment Solutions, LLC
Dan Gilbert 7 companies
American businessman (born 1962)
StockX, Bedrock, Jack Entertainment, Rocket Mortgage, Rock Ventures, 100 Thieves, Rocket Companies
Gary Vaynerchuk 7 companies
American businessman (born 1975)
VeeCon, VeeFriends, YummyText, One37PM, Tracer, Vayner Sports, VaynerMedia
Jack Dorsey 7 companies
American entrepreneur (born 1976)
Twitter, Square, X.com, Cash App, Bluesky Social PBC, Omacom Foundation, Bluesky
Justin Kan 7 companies
American internet entrepreneur and investor
Twitch, Justin.tv, Kiko, Exec, Atrium, Rye, Fractal
Marc Lore 7 companies
American entrepreneur (born 1971)
Wonder Group Inc., Diapers.com, Global Association of Risk Professionals, Jet.com, Mojo, Telosa, Jump
Noubar Afeyan 7 companies
American-Canadian entrepreneur, inventor, and philanthropist
Moderna, Flagship Pioneering, Lila Sciences, Tessera Therapeutics, Indigo Agriculture, Empress Therapeutics, Metaphore Biotechnologies
Stelios Haji-Ioannou 7 companies
Cypriot and British businessman (born 1967)
Fastjet, EasyCar, easyJet, EasyPizza, easyGroup, EasyCruise, EasyHotel
D'Vaughn Bell 7 companies
Marqui Shipping International, Marqui Management, Marqui International, Marqui Real Estate, Marqui Marketing, Marqui Media, Marqui Business Management
François-Guillaume Ribreau 7 companies
Cloud-IAM, Natalia, France Nuage, NoBullshit Conseil, FGRibreau SARL, NoBullshit Collective SARL, Netir
Jack Abraham 7 companies
Hims & Hers, Homebound, Terminal, Adentro (formerly Zenreach), Golden Child, Sauron Systems, Exowatt
Pooja Thacker 7 companies
Esy ID, Krup Publishing, The Krup Universe, Krup Productions, Krup Health, Krup Music, Global Clubfoot Day
Alon N. Cohen 6 companies
American businessman
Houzz, VocalTec, Pump.fun, Intezer, CyberArk, Siemplify
David O. Sacks 6 companies
South African-American entrepreneur (born 1972)
Yammer, Craft Ventures, Geni.com, Callin, Glue, SaaSGrid
Eric Stanley 6 companies
Musical artist
Stay Inspired Capital, Get Through The Week, Onewayhope, Reach for Strings, Inspiredly, Victory Today
Jack Ma 6 companies
Chinese business magnate and investor (born 1964)
Ant Group, Alibaba Group, alibaba.com, Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, Cainiao, Alipay
Max Levchin 6 companies
Ukrainian-American software engineer
PayPal, Slide, Affirm, Confinity, HVF Labs, Glow
Michael Eisner 6 companies
Vuguru, The Tornante Company, Disney Institute, Hachette Books, Hollywood Pictures, Disney Character Voices International
Mukesh Ambani 6 companies
Indian businessman (born 1957)
Jio Payments Bank Limited, LYF, Reliance Retail, Jio, Jio Platforms, Jio Financial
Palmer Luckey 6 companies
American entrepreneur (born 1992)
Anduril, Oculus, Oculus VR, Anduril Industries, Reality Labs, Erebor
Sam Altman 6 companies
American entrepreneur and investor (born 1985)
Worldcoin, OpenAI, Loopt, Merge Lab, Hydrazine Capital, Merge Labs
Sean Parker 6 companies
Napster, Airtime, Plaxo, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, The Parker Foundation, Causes
Shawn Fanning 6 companies
American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and angel investor
Path, Napster, Airtime, Helium, SNOCAP, Nova Labs
Ariana Adireh Anderson 6 companies
Ariid Home & Furniture, Naakef, MarketHQ, Ariana Designs & Interiors, Ariid Build & Remodel, ARIID Group
Chris Ré 6 companies
Snorkel AI, Together AI, Together, Cartesia, Engram, Numbers Station
David E. Williams 6 companies
Spot Check Technologies, Orbis Diagnostics, JWBIZ Ltd, Aeroqual, Mote, Arqit
Federico Grinberg 6 companies
Rebaño Pasión, Vamos Azul, Águilas Monumental, Planeta Boca Juniors, La Página Millonaria, Dale Albo
Frode Jørgensen 6 companies
Daxio, Juugo, PlexPay, MyCenterBid, Global Game Arena, AmityFunds
Robert Durec 6 companies
DISRUPTIVNE, BlueNumbers Analytics, BlueNumbers.sk, napredujem.sk, robertdurec.com, BlueNumbers.com
Andrew Y. Ng 5 companies
American artificial intelligence researcher
Coursera, Google Brain, Landing AI, DeepLearning.AI, Priime
Ankur Jain 5 companies
American entrepreneur and investor (born 1990)
Kairos, Bira 91, Bilt, Bilt Rewards, Rhino
Bill H. Gross 5 companies
American businessman (born 1958)
Energy Vault, PIMCO, Idealab, tvScientific, CarbonCapture Inc.
Brendan Iribe 5 companies
American game programmer and founder
Oculus, Oculus VR, Scaleform, Reality Labs, Sesame AI
Carlos Slim 5 companies
Mexican business oligarch (born 1940)
América Móvil, Museo Soumaya, Claro TV, Telcel, Grupo Carso
Daniel Gross 5 companies
American entrepreneur
Safe Superintelligence, Cue, Safe Superintelligence Inc., Catalogtree, Andromeda
Dustin Moskovitz 5 companies
American internet entrepreneur (born 1984)
Facebook, Asana, Asana Inc., Good Ventures, Meta Platforms
Edir Macedo 5 companies
Brazilian evangelical pastor
Grupo Record, Unipro, Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, Record Belém, Record Manaus
Eike Batista 5 companies
Brazilian businessman (born 1956)
OSX, EBX Group, Dommo Energia, Prumo, MMX Mineração
Elad Gil 5 companies
Color Health, Color Genomics, Mixer Labs, MixerLabs, Color
Evan Prodromou 5 companies
American software developer and open source advocate
identi.ca, Vinismo, E14N, Wikitravel Press, Wikitravel
Evan Williams 5 companies
American entrepreneur (born 1972)
Odeo, Twitter, X.com, Blogger, Pyra Labs
Forrest Li 5 companies
Singaporean billionaire (born c. 1977)
Sea, Sea Group, Shopee, Garena, Sea Ltd
Gautam Adani 5 companies
Indian businessman (born 1962)
Adani Green Energy, Adani Energy Solutions, Adani Group, Adani Ports & SEZ, Adani Enterprises
Jay S. Walker 5 companies
American businessman (born 1955)
Priceline, Walker Digital, Booking Holdings, priceline.com, LabTV