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Serial founders

The most prolific builders in the graph — 5,181 founders who started two or more companies.

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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

Richard Branson 16 companies

English business magnate (born 1950)

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

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

Joe Lonsdale 14 companies

American entrepreneur and venture capitalist

Palantir, Addepar, OpenGov, 8VC, Formation 8, Erebor, Cicero Institute, Palantir Technologies, Terminal, Epirus, Esper, Hearth, Anduin, Opto

Paul Allen 14 companies

American businessman (1953–2018)

Microsoft, Traf-O-Data, 1000memories, 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, CloudCoreo

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

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

George M. Church 10 companies

American geneticist (born 1954)

Colossal Biosciences, eGenesis, Dyno Therapeutics, Nabla Bio, Veritas Genetics, Nebula Genomics, Astromech, Manifold Bio, Editas Medicine, EnPlusOne Biosciences

Yesol Heo 10 companies

Neo Genesis, UR WRONG, ToolPick, K-OTT, ReviewLab, FinStack, DeployStack, CraftDesk, AIForge, SellKit

Stelios Haji-Ioannou 9 companies

Cypriot and British businessman (born 1967)

Fastjet, EasyCar, easyJet, EasyPizza, easyGroup, EasyCruise, EasyHotel, EasyCinema, EasyInternetcafé

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Sorare, Ema, ThreeFlow, Cartwheel, Lucid Lane, OSlash, OtterTune, Zyg, Pandabus

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

Justin Kan 8 companies

American internet entrepreneur and investor

Twitch, Justin.tv, Kiko, Exec, Atrium, Rye, Fractal, Twitch Interactive

Marc Lore 8 companies

American entrepreneur (born 1971)

Wonder Group Inc., Diapers.com, Global Association of Risk Professionals, Jet.com, Mojo, Telosa, Jump, Wizard

Michael Dell 8 companies

American businessman (born 1965)

Dell Technologies, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Omacom Foundation, Dell, Dell Software, OTA Broadcasting, Energy Impact Partners, DFO Management

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

Jack Abraham 8 companies

Hims & Hers, Homebound, Terminal, Adentro (formerly Zenreach), Golden Child, Sauron Systems, Exowatt, Sauron

Krupesh Thacker 8 companies

Esy ID, Krup Publishing, The Krup Universe, Krup Productions, Global Clubfoot Awareness Parv, Krup Health, Krup Music, Global Clubfoot Day

Alexander Julien 7 companies

Canadian-American ambient rock band

Abridged Pause Recordings, Abridged Pause Publishing, Vision Eternel, Vision Lunar, Mortification Records, Triskalyon, Mortified Studios

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

Jeff Skoll 7 companies

Canadian engineer, internet entrepreneur and film producer

Amblin Partners, Participant, Skoll World Forum, Skoll Foundation, Skoll Global Threats Fund, The Rise Fund, The Skoll Fund

Noubar Afeyan 7 companies

American-Canadian entrepreneur, inventor, and philanthropist

Moderna, Flagship Pioneering, Lila Sciences, Tessera Therapeutics, Indigo Agriculture, Empress Therapeutics, Metaphore Biotechnologies

Palmer Luckey 7 companies

American entrepreneur (born 1992)

Anduril, Oculus, Oculus VR, Anduril Industries, Reality Labs, Erebor, ModRetro

Sam Altman 7 companies

American entrepreneur and investor (born 1985)

Worldcoin, OpenAI, Loopt, Merge Lab, Hydrazine Capital, Merge Labs, Prometheus Hyperscale

Anshul Gupta 7 companies

Kirana Club, Actively, Wint Wealth, Eat Atlas, SpeakX, Retail Pulse, MikeLegal

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

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

Ankur Jain 6 companies

American entrepreneur and investor (born 1990)

Kairos, Bira 91, Bilt, Bilt Rewards, Rhino, 301 Moved Permanently

Chad Hurley 6 companies

American businessman (born 1977)

YouTube, AVOS Systems, MixBit, GreenPark Sports, EyeTell, Green Park

David O. Sacks 6 companies

South African-American entrepreneur (born 1972)

Yammer, Craft Ventures, Geni.com, Callin, Glue, SaaSGrid

Elad Gil 6 companies

Color Health, Color Genomics, Mixer Labs, MixerLabs, Color, Brain Co

Eric Stanley 6 companies

Musical artist

Stay Inspired Capital, Get Through The Week, Onewayhope, Reach for Strings, Inspiredly, Victory Today

Evan Williams 6 companies

American entrepreneur (born 1972)

Odeo, Twitter, X.com, Blogger, Pyra Labs, Medium

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

American businessman and media proprietor (born 1942)

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

Sean Parker 6 companies

American entrepreneur and philanthropist (born 1979)

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

Abhishek Gupta 6 companies

Circles.Life, Flux Auto, Riverline AI, Semaai, Khoji, Movel AI

Amit Kumar 6 companies

OctiFi, MyOnlineJet, NavyaEdu, Redacto, BioDefense, CardSpring

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 Baker 6 companies

Xaira Therapeutics, GenBio AI, Charm Therapeutics, Vilya, Archon Biosciences, Cordial

David E. Williams 6 companies

Spot Check Technologies, Orbis Diagnostics, JWBIZ Ltd, Aeroqual, Mote, Arqit

David Q. Chen 6 companies

Sea, Sea Group, Nuna, BenchSci, GliaCloud, AngelVest Group

Federico Grinberg 6 companies

Rebaño Pasión, Vamos Azul, Águilas Monumental, Planeta Boca Juniors, La Página Millonaria, Dale Albo

Feng Zhang 6 companies

Beam Therapeutics, Editas Medicine, Aera Therapeutics, Moonwalk Bio, Proof Diagnostics, Arbor Biotechnologies

Frode Jørgensen 6 companies

Daxio, Juugo, PlexPay, MyCenterBid, Global Game Arena, AmityFunds

Margot Bushnaq 6 companies

Now Mining, Lovd, SourceBeacon, Siasto, Pribbit, Co-Swipe

René Krauß 6 companies

Schülerzeitung SCHULZ, FORMALITY Deutschland, alcasan UG (haftungsbeschränkt), screenfox New Media, Familienforschung Krauss, Bernbrucher