People

Serial founders

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

↓ founders.csv

4,001 serial founders · page 7 of 67

Nick Denton 3 companies

Kinja, Gawker, Gawker Media

Nik Powell 3 companies

British businessman (1950–2019)

Virgin Records, Virgin Group, Virgin Records Limited

Nikita Mikhalkov 3 companies

Eurasian Bridge, TriTe, National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia

Nirav Tolia 3 companies

Nextdoor, Fanbase, Epinions

Nobuhiko Takada 3 companies

Hustle, Takada Dōjō, UWF International

Oleg Deripaska 3 companies

Russian businessman (born 1968)

Rusal, Basic Element, Volnoe Delo

P. R. Krishna Kumar 3 companies

AVP Research Foundation, Cropin, Simplilearn

Parker Conrad 3 companies

American businessman (born 1980)

Zenefits, Rippling, SigFig

Patrick Collison 3 companies

Irish entrepreneur (born 1988)

Stripe, Auctomatic, Omacom Foundation

Patrick D Hsu 3 companies

American bioengineer and molecular biologist

Foundry, Terrain Biosciences, Stylus Medicine

Patrick Drahi 3 companies

Jewish businessman and billionaire (born 1963)

UltraEdge, i24NEWS, Altice

Patrick Joseph McGovern 3 companies

McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Computerworld, International Data Corporation

Percy Liang 3 companies

American computer scientist

Together AI, Together, Simile

Peter Jackson 3 companies

Wētā FX, Park Road Post, WingNut Films

Peter Molyneux 3 companies

English video game designer and game programmer

Lionhead Studios, Bullfrog Productions, 22Cans

Philip Anschutz 3 companies

American billionaire businessman

Qwest, Washington Examiner, The Anschutz Foundation

Pierre Fincy 3 companies

Haitian online newspaper

Balistrad, SOAD Haiti, BBlog

Pradeep Sindhu 3 companies

Indian-American business executive (born 1953)

Juniper Networks, Fungible, Fungible Inc.

Prannoy Roy 3 companies

Indian journalist and media personality (born 1949)

deKoder, iKroya.com LLP, NDTV

RJ Scaringe 3 companies

American engineer and businessman (born 1983)

Rivian, Also, Mind Robotics

Radhika Roy 3 companies

Indian journalist (born 1949)

deKoder, iKroya.com LLP, NDTV

Rajendra Singh Pawar 3 companies

Indian entrepreneur (19 March 1951)

NIIT, NIIT Technologies, NIIT University

Reed Hastings 3 companies

American entrepreneur and education philanthropist (born 1960)

Netflix, Pure Software, Netflix, Inc.

Renaud Laplanche 3 companies

LendingClub, Upgrade, Upgrade, Inc.

Rich Skrenta 3 companies

blekko, Topix, DMOZ

Richard Garriott 3 companies

American video game developer, entrepreneur and space tourist (born 1961)

Portalarium, Destination Games, Origin Systems

Richard Li 3 companies

FWD Group, Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific, Pacific Century Group

Richard Taylor 3 companies

Wētā FX, Wētā Workshop, Pūkeko Pictures

Richard Wagner 3 companies

German-Romanian poet and writer (1952–2023)

The Law Office of Richard Wagner, APC, Zempler Bank Ltd, Aktionsgruppe Banat

Rihanna 3 companies

Fenty Beauty, Fenty, Clara Lionel Foundation

Rob Lewis 3 companies

English technology businessman and publisher (born 1969)

ROXI, Omnifone, Electric Jukebox

Robert Biedroń 3 companies

Campaign Against Homophobia, Boys of Bangladesh, 15 October Coalition

Robert L. Johnson 3 companies

American businessman (born 1946)

BET Media Group, BET, RLJ Companies

Rod Johnson 3 companies

SpringSource, Atomist, Spring

Rodney Brooks 3 companies

Australian roboticist

Rethink Robotics, iRobot, Robust AI

Ron Dennis 3 companies

British businessman and motorsport executive (born 1947)

McLaren Technology Group, McLaren Automotive, McLaren Applied Technologies

Ron Gilbert 3 companies

Cavedog Entertainment, Humongous Entertainment, Morgan & Morgan

Ronald Lauder 3 companies

American businessman (born 1944)

Prescriptives, Bauhaus Museum, Neue Galerie

Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight 3 companies

English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee, Ig Wiki Librarians Hub, WikiConference North America User Group

Ryan Brown 3 companies

American classical conductor

Opera Lafayette, Grin, Sesame AI

Ryan Williams 3 companies

Real estate technology entrepreneur

Cadre, Jopwell, Ellis

Sanjeev Bikhchandani 3 companies

99acres.com, jeevansathi.com, Info Edge

Satoru Sayama 3 companies

Shooto, Vale Tudo Japan, Strong Style Pro-Wrestling

Scott Miller 3 companies

American video game designer, programmer and entrepreneur

3D Realms, Apogee Software, Blue Water Autonomy

Sean Combs 3 companies

Sean John, Revolt, Citizen Change

Shlomo Kramer 3 companies

Israeli information technology entrepreneur

Check Point, Cato Networks, Imperva

Sky Dayton 3 companies

American entrepreneur and investor (born 1971)

business.com, EarthLink, Boingo Wireless

Spencer Rascoff 3 companies

Hotwire.com, Pacaso, HouseWhisper

Stephan Schambach 3 companies

German entrepreneur

Salesforce, NewStore, Intershop

Steve Bannon 3 companies

American media executive and political strategist (born 1953)

Committee on the Present Danger: China, The Movement, Government Accountability Institute

Steve Case 3 companies

Businessman and former CEO of AOL

AOL, Case Foundation, Early Mountain Vineyards

Steve Jackson 3 companies

American game designer (born 1953)

Lionhead Studios, Steve Jackson Games, Games Workshop

Steve Kirsch 3 companies

American entrepreneur

OneID, Frame Technology, Token.io

Steven Brill 3 companies

American lawyer, journalist, and entrepreneur

Court TV, NewsGuard, The American Lawyer

Sualeh Asif 3 companies

American software company

Cursor, Anysphere, Anysphere, Inc.

Terry Gou 3 companies

Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Foxconn

Foxconn, Foxconn Group, FIH Mobile Limited

Thibaud Elziere 3 companies

French businessman (born 1979)

Hexa, Folk, Fotolia

Tim Montgomerie 3 companies

UnHerd, ConservativeHome, Centre for Social Justice

Tom Hall 3 companies

id Software, Ion Storm, Monkeystone Games

Tony Fernandes 3 companies

Malaysian entrepreneur (born 1964)

Tune Hotels, Tune Group, Tune Talk