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Serial founders

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

5,295 serial founders · page 24 of 89

John Schaeffer 2 companies
American environmentalist
Real Goods, Real Goods
John Schulman 2 companies
American computer scientist
OpenAI, Thinking Machines Lab
John Sculley 2 companies
American businessman (born 1939)
Zeta Global, Obi Worldphone
John Sinclair 2 companies
American poet and activist (1941–2024)
Ann Arbor Sun, ustwo games
John T. Walton 2 companies
Vietnam war veteran and a son of Walmart founder (1946–2005)
Achates Power, Corsair Marine
John Varvatos 2 companies
American fashion designer (born 1954)
John Varvatos, OTD
John W. Henry 2 companies
American sports team owner (born 1949)
Fenway Sports Group, Loop
John W. Stanton 2 companies
American businessman (born 1955)
Western Wireless Corporation, Trilogy International Partners
John Willingham 2 companies
American inventor and pitmaster (1932-2013)
Willingham's World Champion BBQ, Whamco, Inc.
John Zimmer 2 companies
Zimride, Lyft
Jon Favreau 2 companies
American political pundit (born 1981)
Crooked Media, Fairview Entertainment
Jon Freeman 2 companies
Game designer and co-founder of Automated Simulations
Free Fall Associates, Epyx
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner 2 companies
Icelandic businessman (born 1967)
Opera, Vivaldi Technologies
Jon Van Caneghem 2 companies
American video game designer
Trion Worlds, New World Computing
Jonah Peretti 2 companies
American businessman (born 1974)
BuzzFeed, HuffPost
Jonathan Anderson 2 companies
Irish fashion designer
JW Anderson, Candu
Jonathan S. Bush 2 companies
athenahealth, Zus Health
Jony Ive 2 companies
English designer (born 1967)
io, LoveFrom
Jordan Mendelson 2 companies
Online peer-to-peer file sharing software
Yelp Reservations, SNOCAP
Jordan Noone 2 companies
American aerospace engineer
Relativity Space, Zoo
Jordan Ritter 2 companies
American businessman (born 1978)
Cloudmark, Servio
Jorge Lanata 2 companies
Argentine journalist and writer (1960–2024)
Argentina/12, Crítica de la Argentina
Jorge Ochoa 2 companies
Former Colombian drug trafficker
Medellín Cartel y infórmate de la DEA, The Extraditables
Jorge Paulo Lemann 2 companies
Swiss-Brazilian banker and businessman
3G Capital, Banco Garantia
Jose Maria Sison 2 companies
Filipino communist leader (1939–2022)
Ang Bayan, New People's Army
Josef Felix Müller 2 companies
Swiss sculptor, graphic artist and painter
Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Vexer Verlag
Josef Průša 2 companies
Czech businessman (born 1990)
Prusa Research, Prusa Research (2009-2019)
Joseph J. Allaire 2 companies
American software engineer and entrepreneur
Allaire Corporation, Posit PBC
Joseph Lubin 2 companies
Canadian-American blockchain developer (born 1964)
Ethereum, ConsenSys
Joseph Phua 2 companies
Singaporean entrepreneur
Next Apple News, 17LIVE
Joseph Schlessinger 2 companies
American biochemist (born 1945)
Plexxikon, Opna Bio
Joseph Tabbi 2 companies
Joseph Tabbi (born 1960) is a US scholar and theorist, notable for his contributions to the fields of American literature and electronic literature, and as the editor in chief of E
The Consortium on Electronic Literature (CELL), electronic book review
Josh James 2 companies
American entrepreneur (born 1973)
Domo, Omniture
Josh Wolfe 2 companies
American entrepreneur
Lux Capital, Kurion
Joshua Dziabiak 2 companies
American entrepreneur and business executive
ShowClix, The Zebra
Joshua Kushner 2 companies
American businessman (born 1985)
Oscar Health, Cadre
Joshua Steiner 2 companies
American businessman
SSW Partners, Quadrangle Group
José Hawilla 2 companies
Brazilian businessman
InterTV Costa Branca, Traffic Group
João Alves Filho 2 companies
Brazilian politician and civil engineer (1941–2020)
TV Canção Nova Aracaju, Aperipê TV
João Carlos Paes Mendonça 2 companies
Brazilian businessman
BIG Bompreço, TV Jornal Interior
Juan Benet 2 companies
Content-addressable, peer-to-peer hypermedia distribution protocol
Protocol Labs, Filecoin
Juan David Ochoa 2 companies
Colombian drug trafficker
Medellín Cartel y infórmate de la DEA, The Extraditables
Juan González 2 companies
Puerto Rican journalist (born 1947)
Xendit, El Mundo
Juan Herreros 2 companies
Spanish architect (born 1958)
estudio Herreros, Abalos & Herreros
Justin Frankel 2 companies
Computer programmer known for Winamp and Gnutella
Nullsoft, Cockos
Justin Gayner 2 companies
British writer, broadcaster and producer (born 1977)
MDTV, ChannelFlip
Justin McLeod 2 companies
American online dating app
Hinge, Overtone
Justin Rosenstein 2 companies
American businessman (born 1983)
Asana, Asana Inc.
Katie Haun 2 companies
American venture capitalist and Founder of Haun Ventures
Helius, Haun Ventures
Kazuhiko Nishi 2 companies
Japanese businessman
ASCII Corporation, Digital do MaiN
Keiichiro Toyama 2 companies
Japanese video game designer
Bokeh Game Studio, Project Siren
Keiko Erikawa 2 companies
Japanese businesswoman and game designer
Koei, Ruby Party
Keith Rabois 2 companies
American technology executive and investor
Opendoor, OpenStore
Keller Rinaudo Cliffton 2 companies
Company that delivers medical supplies by drone
Zipline, Zipline International
Ken Anderson 2 companies
American motorsport engineer
G-Force Technologies, Avidbots
Ken Fisher 2 companies
American investment adviser (born 1950)
Fisher Investments, Fisher Investments Luxembourg
Ken Fox 2 companies
American entrepreneur and investor
ICG Group, Stripes Group
Ken Kutaragi 2 companies
Japanese engineering technologist and businessman (born 1950)
Sony Interactive Entertainment, Cellius
Ken McCulloch 2 companies
Scottish hotelier (1948–2024)
Malmaison, One Devonshire Gardens
Ken Williams 2 companies
American video game programmer (born 1954)
Sierra Entertainment, Sierra On-Line