People

Serial founders

The most prolific builders in the graph — 4,001 founders who started two or more companies.

↓ founders.csv

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Ivan Tavrin 3 companies

Russian oligarch and investor

Kismet Acquisition Two Corp, Kismet Acquisition One Corp, Kismet Capital Group

Jade Raymond 3 companies

Canadian video game creator (born 1975)

Motive Studio, Ubisoft Toronto, Haven Studios

Jahangir Siddiqui 3 companies

JS Bank, JS Group, Mahvash & Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation

Jake Winebaum 3 companies

American entrepreneur (born 1959)

business.com, Brighter, FamilyFun

James H. Clark 3 companies

American computer scientist and entrepreneur

Netscape, Silicon Graphics, Harris myCFO

Jan Stenbeck 3 companies

Swedish businessman (1942–2002)

Tele2, Comviq, Millicom

Jared Isaacman 3 companies

Shift4 Payments, Harbortouch, Draken International

Jared Kushner 3 companies

American businessman (born 1981)

Affinity Partners, Observer Media, Cadre

Jason Citron 3 companies

American businessman and entrepreneur (born 1984)

Discord, OpenFeint, Discord Inc.

Jason Kapalka 3 companies

Canadian game developer (born 1970)

Storm Crow Manor, Blue Wizard Digital, PopCap Games

Jason Scott 3 companies

WikiTeam, Allica Bank, Just Solve the File Format Problem

Jean-Yves Le Gallou 3 companies

Institut Iliade, Bulletin de réinformation, Carrefour de l'horloge

Jed McCaleb 3 companies

American cryptocurrency entrepreneur

Ripple, Vast, Stellar

Jeff Arnold 3 companies

American Internet entrepreneur

WebMD, Sharecare, Pilot.com

Jeff Atwood 3 companies

Discourse, Stack Exchange, Stack Overflow

Jeff Bezos 3 companies

American businessman (born 1964)

Amazon, Blue Origin, Nash Holdings

Jeff Hawkins 3 companies

American businessperson

Palm, Inc., Numenta, Handspring

Jeff Skoll 3 companies

Canadian engineer, internet entrepreneur and film producer

Amblin Partners, Participant, Skoll World Forum

Jeff Strain 3 companies

Video game designer

Undead Labs, ArenaNet, Possibility Space

Jia Yueting 3 companies

Chinese entrepreneur

LeEco, Le.com, Faraday Future

Jihan Wu 3 companies

Chinese-Singaporean entrepreneur (born 1986)

Bitmain, Bitdeer, Matrixport

Jim McKelvey 3 companies

American billionaire businessman

Square, Cash App, MADE

Jimmy Lai 3 companies

Hong Kong businessman and activist (born 1947)

Giordano, Next TV, Next Digital

John D. Howard 3 companies

American private equity firm

Irving Place Capital, Parallel Systems, Croissant

John H. Williams 3 companies

American winemaker

Frog's Leap Winery, Vanguard Animation, Rapidflare

John Ledford 3 companies

American businessman and producer

Section23 Films, Sentai Filmworks, A.D. Vision

John Roberts 3 companies

British businessman (born 1973)

AO World, Multiplex, SugarCRM

Jonathan M. Rothberg 3 companies

454 Life Sciences, Butterfly Network, Hyperfine

Jordi Savall 3 companies

Fundació Centre Internacional de Música Antiga, Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya

Josh Harris 3 companies

American investor and sports team owner (born 1964)

Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, 26North, Apollo Global Management

Josh Kushner 3 companies

American businessman (born 1985)

Oscar Health, Cadre, Vostu

Joshua Topolsky 3 companies

American technology journalist (b.1977)

Input, The Outline, The Verge

José Andrés 3 companies

Spanish chef (born 1969)

China Chilcano, China Poblano, Minibar

Jules B. Kroll 3 companies

American businessman (born 1941)

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Kroll Inc., K2 Intelligence

Karel Janeček 3 companies

Institute H21, Neuron Foundation for the Support of Science, Nadační fond pomoci

Ken Block 3 companies

American rally driver (1967–2023)

DC Shoes, Hoonigan Racing Division, Simpatico Software Systems

Ken Howery 3 companies

American entrepreneur and diplomat (born 1975)

PayPal, Founders Fund, Confinity

Kenneth C. Griffin 3 companies

American billionaire hedge fund manager (born 1968)

Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC, Griffin Catalyst, Citadel Securities

Kevin O'Connor 3 companies

American technical entrepreneur (born 1961)

DoubleClick, Graphiq, Public Accountability Initiative

Kevin P. Ryan 3 companies

American investor and entrepreneur

MongoDB, Gilt Groupe, Business Insider

Kevin Rose 3 companies

Digg, Pownce, Discovery Digital Networks

Lars Larsen 3 companies

Danish businessman (1948–2019)

Jysk, Lars Larsen Group A/S, Made in Denmark

Lina Lazaar 3 companies

Tunisian art critic and curator (born 1983)

Ibraaz, Jaou Tunis, Kamel Lazaar Foundation

Luke Nosek 3 companies

Polish-born American entrepreneur; co-founder of PayPal

PayPal, Founders Fund, Confinity

Madonna 3 companies

Maverick Management, Hard Candy Fitness, Maverick Films

Magnus Nilsson 3 companies

Swedish chef

iZettle, Fäviken Magasinet, Zettle (iZettle)

Marc Bell 3 companies

American financier and entrepreneur

Terran Orbital, Globix Corporation, Terran Orbital Corporation

Martin Vechev 3 companies

Bulgarian computer scientist

INSAIT, LogicStar, DeepCode

Max Matsuura 3 companies

Japanese record producer and entrepreneur

$4.50 Theater Company, Avex Group, YGEX

Michael Johnson 3 companies

British graphic designer (born 1964)

Johnson Banks, Locus Robotics, hyperexponential

Michael Li 3 companies

The Data Incubator, YieldClub, Kabam

Michael Seibel 3 companies

Managing director at Y Combinator

Twitch, Justin.tv, Socialcam

Michael Stonebraker 3 companies

Vertica, C-Store, Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research

Michal Tsur 3 companies

Israeli entrepreneur

Cyota, Kaltura, Remepy

Mitchell P. Rales 3 companies

American businessman and art curator (born 1956)

Colfax Corporation, Danaher Corporation, Glenstone

Moxie Marlinspike 3 companies

American entrepreneur

Signal, Whisper Systems, Open Whisper Systems

Mustafa Suleyman 3 companies

British AI entrepreneur (born 1984)

DeepMind, Inflection AI, Google DeepMind

Naguib Sawiris 3 companies

Egyptian businessman (born 1954)

Gemini Africa, Global Telecom Holding, Orascom TMT Investments

Nat Friedman 3 companies

American technology executive and investor

Xamarin, Ximian, Andromeda

Nathan Gettings 3 companies

American engineer and entrepreneur

Affirm, Palantir, Palantir Technologies