People

Serial founders

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

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Wang Jianlin 2 companies

Chinese businessman (born 1954)

Wanda Group, Wanda Commercial

Wang Ning 2 companies

Chinese businessman (born 1987)

Pop Mart, Keep

Wang Xing 2 companies

Chinese businessman

Renren, Meituan

Wang Zhenghua 2 companies

Chinese billionaire

Shanghai Springtour International Travel Agency (Group) Co., Ltd., Spring Airlines

Wayne Huizenga 2 companies

American businessman (1937–2018)

AutoNation, Waste Management, Inc

Wayne Kent Taylor 2 companies

American businessman (1955–2021)

Texas Roadhouse, Bubba's 33

Werner von Siemens 2 companies

German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist (1816–1892)

Siemens Healthineers, Siemens Mobility

Wil Harris 2 companies

British entrepreneur based in London (born 1982)

MDTV, ChannelFlip

Will Vinton 2 companies

American animator (1947-2018)

Laika, Will Vinton Studios

Will Wright 2 companies

American video game designer and entrepreneur (born 1960)

Motive Studio, Maxis

William Andrew Goddard III 2 companies

American chemist (born 1937)

Allozyne, Schrödinger

William E. Heinecke 2 companies

American-born Thai businessman (born 4. June 1949)

Minor Food Group, Minor International

William Forsythe 2 companies

American dancer and choreographer

Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, Motion Bank

William Hockey 2 companies

American engineer and entrepreneur

Plaid, Column

William Li 2 companies

Chinese businessman

Nio Inc., Akulaku

William Randolph Hearst III 2 companies

American businessman

@Home Network, Outside

Winnie Liljeborg 2 companies

Winnie Liljeborg (formerly Winnie Dahl and Winnie Enevoldsen) is a Danish businesswoman, investor and philanthropist.

Pandora, Pandora

Xiaodong Wang 2 companies

Chinese-American biochemist

BeiGene, Single Origin

Yan Junjie 2 companies

Chinese businessman (born 1989)

Minimax, MiniMax Group

Yancey Strickler 2 companies

Entrepreneur and author

Kickstarter, Metalabel

Yasushi Akimoto 2 companies

Japanese producer and lyricist (born 1958)

$4.50 Theater Company, 22/7

Yegor Altman 2 companies

Russian-Israeli businessman, gallerist and collector

BFM.ru, Business FM

Yoshito Hori 2 companies

Japanese venture capitalist and educator (born 1962)

Graduate School of Management, Globis University, Globis

Yu Pun Hoi 2 companies

Hong Kong businessman

Chung T'ien Television, HK01

Yu Suzuki 2 companies

Japanese game developer (born 1958)

Ys Net, Sega AM2

Yuan Geng 2 companies

Chinese guerilla fighter and policy entrepreneur

China Merchants Bank, Ping An Insurance

Yuji Naka 2 companies

Japanese video game designer (born 1965)

Sonic Team, Prope

Yury Melnichek 2 companies

Belarusian entrepreneur, venture investor and software engineer

MAPS.ME, Bulba Ventures

Yvon Chouinard 2 companies

American climber and entrepreneur (born 1938)

Black Diamond Equipment, Patagonia, Inc.

Zach Klein 2 companies

American entrepreneur and investor (born 1982)

Vimeo, DIY.org

Zaw Zaw 2 companies

Burmese businessman

Ayeyarwady Bank, Max Myanmar

ZeratoR 2 companies

French vlogger and livestreamer (born 1990)

Unexpected Studio, Mandatory

Zhang Xin 2 companies

Chinese billionaire & businesswoman

SOHO China, Closer Media

Zohar Zisapel 2 companies

Israeli businessman (1949–2023)

RiT Technologies, RAD Group

Zygmunt Solorz-Żak 2 companies

Polish businessman (born 1956)

Cyfrowy Polsat, Telewizja Polsat

Édouard Carmignac 2 companies

French entrepreneur (born 1947)

Carmignac, Fondation Carmignac

Éric Chahi 2 companies

French computer game designer and programmer

Pixel Reef, Amazing Studio

Aamir Poonawalla 2 companies

Understudy Labs, Tap to Learn

Aamir Virani 2 companies

Google Nest, Dropcam

Aaron 2 companies

FrankieOne, Futureverse

Aaron Hirschhorn 2 companies

DogVacay, Gallant

Aaron Kaufman 2 companies

KidPass, Muso.AI

Aaron Kemmer 2 companies

Magic, Made In Space, Inc.

Aaron Mandell 2 companies

WATERFX, Quaise Energy

Aaron Rankin 2 companies

Sprout Social, Datarank

Aaron Sisto 2 companies

Spuree, Chronicle Studios

Aaron Wang 2 companies

Alex, Alex (Apriora)

Aaron Wang John Rytel 2 companies

Alex, Alex (Apriora)

Aaron Ward 2 companies

Huckleberry, Ask Nicely

Aarthi Ramamurthy 2 companies

Lumoid, True & Co

Abdigani Diriye 2 companies

Elevate (formerly Bloom), Bloom

Abdul Abdulkerimov 2 companies

Paysend, Luminary Educational Center

Abdulla Almoayed 2 companies

Tarabut, Tarabut Gateway

Abdullah AlOtaibi 2 companies

Tweeq, Nabt

Abdulmajeed Alsukhan 2 companies

Tamara, Nana

Abdulrahman Abumalih 2 companies

Thmanyah, radio Thmanyah

Abeer Agrawal 2 companies

Levro, Theorem

Abhay Gupta 2 companies

Bidgely, Frizzle

Abhay Mitra 2 companies

The Honest Company, Nirvana

Abhinav Das 2 companies

Orangewood Labs, Superjoin