People

Serial founders

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

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Thomas H. Lee 2 companies

American investor (1944–2023)

Thomas H. Lee Partners, Lee Equity Partners

Thomas Proulx 2 companies

American computer programmer and entrepreneur

Intuit, Netpulse

Thubten Zopa Rinpoche 2 companies

Tibetan Buddhist lama (1945–2023)

Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, Nalanda Monastery

Tikhon Bernstam 2 companies

American Internet entrepreneur

Tim Bray 2 companies

Canadian software developer (born 1955)

Open Text Corporation, Textuality Services, Inc.

Tim Gannon 2 companies

American businessman and polo player

Bloomin' Brands, Outback Steakhouse

Tim Howes 2 companies

American computer scientist (born 1963)

Loudcloud, Opsware

Tim O'Reilly 2 companies

Irish-American programmer, author and businessman (born 1954)

O’Reilly Media, open source

Tim Schafer 2 companies

American video game designer

Double Fine, Westwing

Timnit Gebru 2 companies

Eritrean computer scientist (born 1982/3)

Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Black in AI

Timothy Headington 2 companies

American billionaire (born 1950)

FilmDistrict, Tango Entertainment

Timothy Hwang 2 companies

American businessman

FiscalNote, Operation Fly, Inc.

Timothy Mellon 2 companies

American businessman (born 1942)

Pan Am Railways, Pan Am Systems

Toby Ord 2 companies

Australian philosopher (born 1979)

The Centre for Effective Altruism, Giving What We Can

Tod Sacerdoti 2 companies

American businessperson

BrightRoll, Pipedream

Todd Park 2 companies

American entrepreneur and government official

Devoted Health, athenahealth

Tom Blomfield 2 companies

British entrepreneur (born 1985)

Monzo, GoCardless

Tom Chapman 2 companies

British entrepreneur (born 1963)

Matches Fashion, Abask

Tom Doherty 2 companies

U.S. publisher

Tor Publishing Group, Tor Books

Tom Kartsotis 2 companies

American entrepreneur (born 1959)

Shinola Detroit, Fossil

Tom L. Ward 2 companies

American businessman

Expand Energy, SandRidge Energy

Tom Monaghan 2 companies

American entrepreneur and philanthropist (born 1937)

Domino's Pizza, Play140

Tom Mueller 2 companies

American aerospace engineer and rocket engine designer

SpaceX, Impulse Space

Tom Sosnoff 2 companies

American businessperson and options-trading innovator (b. 1957)

Thinkorswim, Tastytrade

Tom Werner 2 companies

American television producer and businessman (born 1950)

The Carsey-Werner Company, Fenway Sports Group

Toni Mascolo 2 companies

Italian-British hairdresser and businessman (1942–2017)

label.m, Toni & Guy

Tony Fadell 2 companies

Inventor of the iPod, engineer

Nest, Google Nest

Tony Robbins 2 companies

American motivational speaker (born 1960)

Robbins Research International, The Path

Tony Ryan 2 companies

Irish philanthropist and businessman (1936-2007)

Ryanair, Guinness Peat Aviation

Tony Tan Caktiong 2 companies

Filipino entrepreneur (born 1953)

Jollibee Group, Jollibee

Tosin Eniolorunda 2 companies

Nigerian entrepreneur and engineer (born 1985)

Moniepoint, Moniepoint Inc

Trae Stephens 2 companies

American venture capitalist and entrepreneur (born 1983)

Anduril, Anduril Industries

Travis E. Oliphant 2 companies

American data scientist

Quansight, Anaconda

Travis VanderZanden 2 companies

American businessman

Trevor Blackwell 2 companies

American programmer

OpenAI, Anybots

Trevor Chan 2 companies

Video game developer

ListRunner, Enlight Software

Trevor Milton 2 companies

American businessman, convicted fraudster (born 1982)

Nikola, Nikola Corporation

Trip Adler 2 companies

American entrepreneur

Scribd, Created by Humans

Tyler Brûlé 2 companies

Canadian journalist and magazine editor

Monocle, Wallpaper

Tyson Mao 2 companies

American speedcuber (born 1984)

World Cube Association, Tobiko Data

Uri Levine 2 companies

Israeli entrepreneur (born 1965)

Urvashi Butalia 2 companies

Indian feminist and historian

Zubaan, Kali for Women

Vadim Rabinovich 2 companies

Israeli and former Ukrainian oligarch and Jewish community leader

European Jewish Parliament, 1+1

Venkat Rangan 2 companies

Indian computer scientist

Venky Harinarayan 2 companies

Indian businessman

Walmart Labs, Kosmix

Venugopal Dhoot 2 companies

Indian businessman

Vincent Tan 2 companies

Malaysian business magnate

Magnum Corporation, Berjaya Group

Vineet Jain 2 companies

Indian businessman (born 1966)

Junglee Pictures, Egnyte

Vineet Nayar 2 companies

Businessman

HCL Technologies, Sampark Foundation

Vinny Lingham 2 companies

South African Internet entrepreneur (born 1979)

Viral B. Shah 2 companies

Indian computer scientist

JuliaHub, Databutton (Riff)

Virgilio Martínez Véliz 2 companies

Peruvian chef and restaurateur (born 1977)

MIL Centro, Mater Iniciativa

Vishal Garg 2 companies

American businessman

Better.com, Better

Vishal Gondal 2 companies

Indian businessman

UTV Indiagames, GOQii

Vitalik Buterin 2 companies

Russian-Canadian programmer (born 1994)

Ethereum, Bitcoin Magazine

Vitek Tracz 2 companies

Vitek Tracz (born 31 May 1940) is a London-based entrepreneur who has been involved in science publishing, pharmaceutical information and mobile phone-based navigation.

Faculty of 1000, Current Opinion

Vivek Ramaswamy 2 companies

American entrepreneur and politician (born 1985)

Axovant Sciences, Roivant

Vladimir Medeyko 2 companies

Russian online encyclopedia

Ruwiki, Wikipedia:Jewels of Knowledge

Vladislav Listyev 2 companies

Russian journalist (1956–1995)

Channel One Russia, VID

Wang Jian 2 companies

Chinese geneticist and businessman (born 1954)

BGI Genomics, BGI Group