People

Serial founders

The most prolific builders in the graph — 5,295 founders who started two or more companies.

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David E. Potter 2 companies

South African businessman (1943–2026)

Psion, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

David Erickson 2 companies

Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering

Dimensional Energy, Forward Networks

David G. Booth 2 companies

American businessman

Dimensional Fund Advisors, On Deck

David Green 2 companies

American businessman (born 1941)

Hobby Lobby, Aurolab

David Hall 2 companies

American businessman, engineer, and inventor

AI Elevation Ltd, Velodyne Lidar

David Helgason 2 companies

Unity, Unity Technologies

David Jaffe 2 companies

American video game designer (born 1971)

Eat Sleep Play, Infinimmune

David Jones 2 companies

Scottish video game designer (born 1965)

Rockstar North, Realtime Worlds

David M. Kelley 2 companies

American businessman (born 1951)

Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, IDEO

David Margolese 2 companies

Canadian-born Israeli entrepreneur and philanthropist

Sirius XM, Rogers Wireless

David Perry 2 companies

Northern Irish video game designer

Gaikai, Shiny Entertainment

David Sirota 2 companies

American liberal journalist and editor

JoinRollin Inc, The Lever

David Ulevitch 2 companies

American executive

PhishTank, OpenDNS

David Welch 2 companies

David F. Welch (born October 26, 1960) is an American businessman and research scientist.

Infinera, Spectra Diode Labs

David Wu 2 companies

American businessman

Fastpoint Games, RotoHog

Deacon Maccubbin 2 companies

American LGBTQ rights activist

Lambda Literary Award, Lambda Rising

Dean Drako 2 companies

American businessman and entrepreneur

Barracuda Networks, Eagle Eye Networks

Declan Kelly 2 companies

Irish-American executive (born 1968)

Consello, Teneo

Demet Mutlu 2 companies

Turkish tech entrepreneur (born 1981)

Peak Games, Trendyol

Deni Loubert 2 companies

Canadian comics publisher

Aardvark-Vanaheim, Friends of Lulu

Dermot Desmond 2 companies

Irish businessman and financier

NCB Group, BETDAQ

Derrick Rossi 2 companies

Canadian stem cell biologist

Moderna, Intellia Therapeutics

Dhanin Chearavanont 2 companies

Thai businessman and entrepreneur (born 1939)

True Corporation, Charoen Pokphand Foods

Dheeraj Pandey 2 companies

Businessman and philanthropist

Nutanix, DevRev

Dick Smith 2 companies

Australian aviator and entrepreneur

Dick Smith, Australian Geographic

Diego Della Valle 2 companies

Italian businessman

Fay, Hogan

Dieter Fensel 2 companies

German computer scientist

Seekda, Onlim GmbH

Dieter Schwarz 2 companies

German businessman and former CEO of Lidl

Kaufland Česká republika, Lidl

Dileep George 2 companies

Indian scientist (born 1977)

Numenta, Vicarious

Dimitrios Roussopoulos 2 companies

Canadian activist and publisher (born 1936)

Écosociété, Our Generation

Dimitris Melissanidis 2 companies

Greek business oil tycoon (born 1951)

Minerva Bunkering, Aegean Oil S.A.

Ding Lei 2 companies

Chinese billionaire businessman

NetEase, HiPhi

Divya Gokulnath 2 companies

Co-founder and Director of BYJU's

BYJU'S, Byjus

Divyank Turakhia 2 companies

Computer-programmer, businessman, entrepreneur and investor

Media.net, Directi

Do Kwon 2 companies

South Korean businessman and convicted felon (born 1991)

Terraform Labs, Terra

Donald Sadoway 2 companies

Professor of materials chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Boston Metal, Ambri

Donald Trump Jr. 2 companies

American businessman and activist (born 1977)

Winning Team Publishing, World Liberty Financial

Dorotheus of Hilandar 2 companies

Protos of Mount Athos from 1356 to 1366

Drenča Monastery, Naupara Monastery

Doug Carlston 2 companies

American chief executive (born 1947)

Applied Minds, Broderbund

Douglas Jemal 2 companies

American real estate developer (born 1942)

The Wiz, Douglas Development Corporation

Douglas Levin 2 companies

American businessman

Ayeah Games, Black Duck

Douglas Tompkins 2 companies

Chilean-American businessman and environmentalist (1943–2015)

Esprit Holdings, The North Face, Inc.

Dov Charney 2 companies

Canadian entrepreneur (born 1969)

American Apparel Inc., Los Angeles Apparel

Duan Yongping 2 companies

Chinese-American entrepreneur (born 1961)

vivo, BBK Electronics

E. Michael Jones 2 companies

American traditionalist Catholic author

Latch, Culture Wars

Ed Anuff 2 companies

Technology entrepreneur

Widgetbox, DataStax

Ed Felten 2 companies

American computer scientist (born 1963)

Offchain Labs, Arbitrum

Ed Gillespie 2 companies

American political strategist (born 1961)

American Crossroads, Futerra

Ed Oates 2 companies

American businessman (born 1946)

Oracle, Oracle Corporation

Edgar Sia 2 companies

Filipino billionaire and businessman

DoubleDragon Properties, Mang Inasal

Eduard Kučera 2 companies

Czech software engineer and entrepreneur

Nadace Neuron, Avast Software

Eduardo Montes-Bradley 2 companies

Argentine-American documentarian and photographer

Heritage Film Project, Contrakultura Films

Eduardo Saverin 2 companies

Brazilian internet entrepreneur (born 1982)

Facebook, Meta Platforms

Edward W. Scott 2 companies

American businessman and philanthropist

BEA Systems, DATA

Elan Lee 2 companies

American game designer (born 1975)

Exploding Kittens Inc, Fourth Wall Studios

Eliot Horowitz 2 companies

Founder of MongoDB Inc.

MongoDB, Viam

Ellen Covey 2 companies

Neurobiologist and perfumer

Olympic Orchids Perfumes, Olympic Orchids

Ellen Malcolm 2 companies

American activist (born 1947)

America Votes, EMILY's List

Emily Weiss 2 companies

American businesswoman

Glossier, Ditto Biosciences

Emin Gün Sirer 2 companies

Turkish-American computer scientist

Ava Labs, Avalanche