People

Serial founders

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

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Ricardo Salgado 3 companies

Portuguese economist and banker (born 1944)

Espírito Santo Financial Group, Loadsmart, Idoven

Rich Skrenta 3 companies

American computer programmer (born 1967)

blekko, Topix, DMOZ

Richard Garriott 3 companies

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

Portalarium, Destination Games, Origin Systems

Richard Lee 3 companies

American marijuana rights activist (1962–2025)

Ciro, fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company, Oaksterdam University

Richard Li 3 companies

Hong Kong businessman

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

Richard Wagner 3 companies

German-Romanian poet and writer (1952–2023)

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

Rick Adams 3 companies

American internet pioneer

Berkeley Software Design, UUNET, UUNET Technologies

Rob Lewis 3 companies

English technology businessman and publisher (born 1969)

ROXI, Omnifone, Electric Jukebox

Robert L. Johnson 3 companies

American businessman (born 1946)

BET Media Group, BET, RLJ Companies

Robin Li 3 companies

Chinese software engineer and billionaire internet entrepreneur (born 1968)

Baidu, Baidu Baike, Genia

Rod Johnson 3 companies

Australian computer specialist

SpringSource, Atomist, Spring

Rodney Brooks 3 companies

Australian roboticist

Rethink Robotics, iRobot, Robust AI

Roger Linquist 3 companies

American businessman

Metro by T-Mobile, MetroPCS, PageMart

Ron Dennis 3 companies

British businessman and motorsport executive (born 1947)

McLaren Technology Group, McLaren Automotive, McLaren Applied Technologies

Ron Gilbert 3 companies

American video game designer

Cavedog Entertainment, Humongous Entertainment, Morgan & Morgan

Ronan Ryan 3 companies

Irish-American businessperson (born 1974)

IEX Market, IEX, IEX Group

Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight 3 companies

American Wikipedia editor (born 1953)

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

Sadaharu Tanikawa 3 companies

Japanese journalist (born 1961)

Dream, Fighting and Entertainment Group, Rumble on the Rock

Sajjan Jindal 3 companies

Indian billionaire businessman (born 1959)

JSW Steel Ltd, JSW Group, JSW Infrastructure

Sam Zell 3 companies

American businessman (1941–2023)

Equity Residential, EQ Office, Equity International

Sang Lee 3 companies

South Korean-born American billiards player

Carom Café, DarcMatter, VegaX

Sanjeev Bikhchandani 3 companies

Indian businessman

99acres.com, jeevansathi.com, Info Edge

Sara Miller McCune 3 companies

American publisher

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., LGBT health, Sage Publishing

Scooter Braun 3 companies

American businessman (born 1981)

100 Thieves, RBMG, SB Projects

Scott Miller 3 companies

American video game designer, programmer and entrepreneur

3D Realms, Apogee Software, Blue Water Autonomy

Scott Wu 3 companies

American computer programmer and entrepreneur

Cognition, Cognition AI, Lunchclub

Sheng Liang 3 companies

Open-source cloud computing software

Rancher Labs, Obot AI, Cloud

Shigeo Maruyama 3 companies

Japanese businessman (born 1941)

Epic Records Japan, Music On! TV, Kioon Music

Shiv Nadar 3 companies

Indian businessman (born 1945)

HCL Technologies, HCL Enterprise, HCL Infosystems

Shlomo Kramer 3 companies

Israeli information technology entrepreneur

Check Point, Cato Networks, Imperva

Simon Cowell 3 companies

English reality television judge, television producer and music executive (born 1959)

Syco Entertainment, ZEBEDEE, Syco Music

Sky Dayton 3 companies

American entrepreneur and investor (born 1971)

business.com, EarthLink, Boingo Wireless

Spencer Rascoff 3 companies

American businessman

Hotwire.com, Pacaso, HouseWhisper

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

Thomas Siebel 3 companies

American businessman (born 1952)

Oracle, C3.ai, Siebel Systems

Tim Berners-Lee 3 companies

English computer scientist (born 1955)

World Wide Web Virtual Library, Inrupt Inc., World Wide Web Consortium

Tim Gill 3 companies

American tech entrepreneur (born 1953)

Quark, Inc., Gill Foundation.org, Josh.ai

Tim Montgomerie 3 companies

British political activist, blogger, and columnist (born 1970)

UnHerd, ConservativeHome, Centre for Social Justice

Tom Hall 3 companies

American video game designer

id Software, Ion Storm, Monkeystone Games

Tom Scott 3 companies

American entrepreneur

Hull Time Based Arts, Nantucket Nectars, Streambased

Tony Fernandes 3 companies

Malaysian entrepreneur (born 1964)

Tune Hotels, Tune Group, Tune Talk

Torstein Hagen 3 companies

Norwegian businessman

Viking River Cruises, Viking Holdings Ltd, Viking Ocean Cruises

Toshihiro Nagoshi 3 companies

Japanese video game designer (born 1965)

Ryu ga Gotoku Studio, Amusement Vision, Namco Networks

Tucker Carlson 3 companies

American conservative political commentator (born 1969)

ALP Supply Co., Tucker Carlson Network, The Daily Caller

Vadim Moshkovich 3 companies

Russian billionaire and philanthropist

Level Group, Rusagro, Letovo School

Vasyl Khmelnytsky 3 companies

Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur

UFuture, UNIT.City, UNIT Factory

Vijay Shekhar Sharma 3 companies

Paytm, One97 Communications, Paytm Payments Bank

Vinod Khosla 3 companies

Indian-American businessman (born 1955)

Sun Microsystems, Khosla Ventures, Range Fuels

Vlad Doronin 3 companies

Russian oligarch

Janu Hotels, OKO Group, Capital Group

Vlad Tenev 3 companies

Bulgaria-born American entrepreneur

Robinhood, Harmonic, Harmonic AI

William Daniel Hillis 3 companies

American computer scientist (born 1956)

Metaweb, Applied Minds, Thinking Machines Corporation