The 34 Marketing & Advertising companies that produced the most founders (2026)

A founder factory is a company whose people leave to start companies of their own. This ranks every company in the graph by how many of its alumni — people who founded it or worked there — went on to found at least one company, counting only ventures started no earlier than the company itself.

Refreshed 2026-09-13 · updates nightly

#	Company	Sector	HQ	Founded	Founders	Companies started
1	DoubleClick	Marketing & Advertising	United States	1996	6	10
2	Wyzard	Marketing & Advertising	—	—	5	5
3	Wyzard AI	Marketing & Advertising	—	—	4	4
4	Sprout Social	Marketing & Advertising	United States	2010	4	1
5	Now Mining	Marketing & Advertising	—	2017	3	6
6	Criteo	Marketing & Advertising	Paris, France	2005	3	3
7	Bluefish AI	Marketing & Advertising	—	—	3	1
8	HighTouch.io	Marketing & Advertising	San Francisco, USA	2018	3	1
9	SpeedyBrand	Marketing & Advertising	—	—	3	1
10	InMobi	Marketing & Advertising	Bengaluru, India	2007	2	5
11	B-Epic	Marketing & Advertising	United States	2016	2	4
12	Kana	Marketing & Advertising	—	—	2	3
13	Leanplum	Marketing & Advertising	—	—	2	3
14	LiveRamp	Marketing & Advertising	—	—	2	3
15	Yext	Marketing & Advertising	—	—	2	3
16	6sense	Marketing & Advertising	—	—	2	2
17	AdEspresso	Marketing & Advertising	Italy	2013	2	2
18	Adbrain	Marketing & Advertising	—	—	2	2
19	Attentive	Marketing & Advertising	New York City, USA	2016	2	2
20	BirdEye	Marketing & Advertising	US	—	2	2
21	Saatchi & Saatchi	Marketing & Advertising	United States	1970	2	2
22	Six Figure Mentors	Marketing & Advertising	United States	2010	2	2
23	Socialbakers	Marketing & Advertising	Czech Republic	2010	2	2
24	Vibe.co	Marketing & Advertising	France	—	2	2
25	business.com	Marketing & Advertising	United States	1999	2	2
26	AuLives	Marketing & Advertising	—	2018	2	1
27	BlueMint Services	Marketing & Advertising	United Arab Emirates	—	2	1
28	CRM&Bonus	Marketing & Advertising	—	—	2	1
29	Fuel Freedom International	Marketing & Advertising	United States	2005	2	1
30	HotelOnline	Marketing & Advertising	Singapore	2014	2	1
31	Melius	Marketing & Advertising	United Arab Emirates	2018	2	1
32	Nectar Social	Marketing & Advertising	—	—	2	1
33	SalesKong	Marketing & Advertising	—	—	2	1
34	Tapad	Marketing & Advertising	United States	2010	2	1

How this is counted. A person counts as an alumnus of a company if they founded it or worked there. They count towards the company’s score if they went on to found at least one other company that was started no earlier than the company itself. Universities and other non-commercial organisations are pruned from the graph where we can identify them. Data is community-corrected — fix something.