Startup mafia · Lineage

The Apple Mafia

Ex-Apple builders behind their own hardware, software and design companies.

18 founders 46 companies Root: Apple →

Each node links through — click a founder or company to keep exploring.

Every founder in the Apple lineage

18 founders · 46 companies

Founders who worked at or founded Apple and went on to build their own companies.

A Amit Jain 5 founded

GirnarSoft 2007 Luma AI 2021 Alloy Robotics Zamp Cardekho

D Daniel Gross 5 founded

Cue 2010 Safe Superintelligence 2024 Safe Superintelligence Inc. 2024 Catalogtree Andromeda

B Brian Acton 4 founded

WhatsApp 2009 WhatsApp LLC 2009 Signal 2018 Sunlight Giving

R Reid Hoffman 4 founded

SocialNet 1997 LinkedIn 2002 Inflection AI 2022 Manas AI

S Steve Jobs 4 founded

Apple Inc. 1976 NeXT 1985 Pixar 1986 MDTV 2025

S Steve Wozniak 4 founded

Apple Inc. 1976 CL 9 1985 Privateer Space Klang Games

V Vipul Ved Prakash 4 founded

Cloudmark 2001 Topsy Labs 2007 Together AI 2022 Together 2022

A Alex Fielding 2 founded

Ripcord 2015 Privateer Space

D Do Kwon 2 founded

Terra 1999 Terraform Labs 2018

E Evan Cheng 2 founded

Mysten Labs 2021 Sui 2023

L Lew Cirne 2 founded

New Relic 2008 Wily Technology

M Matt Welsh 2 founded

Fixie.ai 2022 Fixie

A Arthur D. Levinson 1 founded

Calico 2013

B Bertrand Serlet 1 founded

Fungible 2015

D Dave Morin 1 founded

Path 2010

E Evan Doll 1 founded

Flipboard 2010

G Gummi Hafsteinsson 1 founded

Emu 2011

J Jonas Andrulis 1 founded

Aleph Alpha 2019

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