People

Serial founders

The most prolific builders in the graph — 5,293 founders who started two or more companies.

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Andrew Mason 3 companies

Groupon, Descript, Palla

Andrew McCollum 3 companies

American angel investor and businessman (born 1983)

Facebook, Meta Platforms, Jobspice

Andy Bechtolsheim 3 companies

German electrical engineer, co-founder of Sun Microsystems (born 1955)

Sun Microsystems, Arista Networks, Moovweb

Andy Hertzfeld 3 companies

American programmer (born 1953)

General Magic, Eazel, Radius

Andy Rubin 3 companies

American businessman (born 1963)

Essential Products, Android, Essential

Anil Agarwal 3 companies

Indian businessman (born 1954)

Sterlite Technologies, Vedanta Resources, TatvaCRM

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker 3 companies

Contemporary dance choreographer (born 1960)

ATDK Foundation, P.A.R.T.S., Rosas

Anthony Levandowski 3 companies

French-American automobile engineer (born 1980)

Waymo, Otto, Pronto.ai

Anthony Wood 3 companies

American businessman (born 1965)

Roku, ReplayTV, Roku, Inc.

Anton Nosik 3 companies

Russian journalist, social activist and blogger

Newsru.com, gazeta.ru, lenta.ru

Anton Osika 3 companies

Swedish entrepreneur (born 1990)

Lovable, Depict, Legora

Aprameya Radhakrishna 3 companies

Indian social network service, 2020–2024

Ola, TaxiForSure, Koo

Auren Hoffman 3 companies

American businessman

LiveRamp, Dialog, SafeGraph

Baiju Bhatt 3 companies

American entrepreneur

Robinhood, Cowboy Space Corporation, Aetherflux

Barry Diller 3 companies

American businessman and media executive (born 1942)

Universal Television, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Television Stations

Ben Horowitz 3 companies

American technology entrepreneur (born 1966)

Andreessen Horowitz, Loudcloud, Opsware

Ben Lamm 3 companies

American entrepreneur

Colossal Biosciences, Chaotic Moon Studios, Astromech

Ben Nelson 3 companies

American businessman

Minerva Project, BloomTech (fka Lambda School), Bloom Institute of Technology

Ben Silbermann 3 companies

American Internet entrepreneur

Pinterest, MightyQuiz, Audiobeta

Bjarke Ingels 3 companies

Danish architect (born 1974)

Bjarke Ingels Group, PLOT, Nabr

Brad Fitzpatrick 3 companies

American programmer and creator of LiveJournal

Tailscale, LiveJournal, Tailscale Inc.

Brad Katsuyama 3 companies

Canadian financial services executive (born 1978)

IEX Market, IEX, IEX Group

Brendan Eich 3 companies

American programmer and tech executive (born 1961)

Mozilla, Brave, Brave Software

Bret Taylor 3 companies

American entrepreneur (born 1980)

Quip, FriendFeed, Sierra

Brian Armstrong 3 companies

American businessman (born 1983)

Coinbase, NewLimit, Vosyn

Brian Fargo 3 companies

American video game executive

Interplay Entertainment, Robot Cache, inXile entertainment

Brian Timpone 3 companies

American conservative news businessman

Metric Media, Local Government Information Services, Journatic

Bridget Donahue 3 companies

American art dealer

Bridget Donahue, Hoffman Donahue, Cleopatra's

Bruno Bonnell 3 companies

French businessman and politician (born 1958)

Atari SA, Infogrames, SELL

Burt Rutan 3 companies

American aerospace engineer (born 1943)

Virgin Galactic, Scaled Composites, The Spaceship Company

Caterina Fake 3 companies

American entrepreneur and businesswoman (born 1969)

Ludicorp, Flickr, Hunch

Chairul Tanjung 3 companies

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

Trans TV, CT Corpora, Trans Media

Chamath Palihapitiya 3 companies

Canadian-American businessman (born 1976)

Social Capital, Glooko, Athos

Charles Hoskinson 3 companies

American cryptocurrency entrepreneur

Ethereum, IOHK, Cardano

Chris Hughes 3 companies

American entrepreneur

Facebook, Jumo, Meta Platforms

Chris T. Sullivan 3 companies

American businessperson

Bloomin' Brands, Outback Steakhouse, Lexoo Ltd.

Chris Urmson 3 companies

CEO of self-driving technology company Aurora

Waymo, Aurora Innovation, Aurora

Clive Sinclair 3 companies

English entrepreneur and inventor (1940–2021)

Sinclair Research, Sinclair Vehicles, Sinclair Radionics

Dado Banatao 3 companies

Filipino businessman and electrical engineer (1946–2025)

S3 Graphics, Chips and Technologies, Wave Computing

Dan Abrams 3 companies

American entrepreneur, television host, and lawyer (born 1966)

Abrams Media, Law & Crime, Mediaite

Dan Benjamin 3 companies

American podcaster and software developer

Fireside, 5by5 Studios, Dig Security

Daniel Chavez Moran 3 companies

Mexican businessman and real estate developer

Grupo Vidanta, Vidanta Foundation, Delia Moran Vidanta Foundation

Daphne Koller 3 companies

Israeli-American computer scientist (born 1968)

Insitro, Coursera, Engageli

Darren Throop 3 companies

Canadian businessman

Amblin Partners, Starz Entertainment, Lionsgate Canada

Dave Thomas 3 companies

British computer programmer

The Pragmatic Programmer, LLC, Wendy's, Wendy's International

David Friedberg 3 companies

American businessman (born 1980)

The Climate Corporation, Metromile, Ohalo Genetics

David L. Adams 3 companies

American video game designer

Gunfire Games, Vigil Games, Sniffspot

David Lee 3 companies

David Lee (born 1953) is an outspoken English contemporary art critic—condemning conceptual art in general and the Turner Prize in particular.

Andco, The Jackdaw, Fylamynt

David Neeleman 3 companies

American aviation entrepreneur (born 1959)

JetBlue Airways, Azul Linhas Aéreas, Morris Air

David Yang 3 companies

Russian businessman

ABBYY, Maingen, Fullstack Academy

David Young 3 companies

American lawyer, businessman and academic (1936–2025)

Oxford Analytica, 12 Yard, SpendCare

Dean Kamen 3 companies

American businessman (born 1951)

Segway Inc., DEKA, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

Denis O'Brien 3 companies

Irish billionaire businessman (born 1958)

Aergo Capital, HandMade Films, Digicel

Dennis Crowley 3 companies

American Internet entrepreneur

Foursquare, Dodgeball, Foursquare Labs, Inc.

Dennis Lee 3 companies

Canadian poet, teacher, editor, and critic

House of Anansi Press, Noyo, Neufast

Dietrich Mateschitz 3 companies

Austrian entrepreneur (1944–2022)

Red Bull Powertrains, Red Bull GmbH, Red Bull Racing Team

Dov Moran 3 companies

Israeli entrepreneur, inventor and investor

Grove Ventures, Modu, M-Systems

Dwight Merriman 3 companies

American businessman (born 1968)

MongoDB, DoubleClick, Business Insider

Efi Arazi 3 companies

Efraim R. "Efi" Arazi (Hebrew: אפי ארזי; 14 April 1937 – 14 April 2013) was an Israeli technology pioneer and businessman.

Electronics for Imaging, Suny Cellular Communication Ltd, Scailex Corporation

Eli Ben-Sasson 3 companies

Israeli computer scientist and businessman

StarkWare, StarkWare Industries, StarkNet