The 50 Media & Entertainment 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.
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Founder factories · Media & Entertainment Alumni who went on to found companies Facebook: 47 alumni founded 65 companies Facebook 47 Twitter: 14 alumni founded 27 companies Twitter 14 LinkedIn: 8 alumni founded 8 companies LinkedIn 8 Justin.tv: 6 alumni founded 11 companies Justin.tv 6 YouTube: 6 alumni founded 10 companies YouTube 6 Odeo: 5 alumni founded 12 companies Odeo 5 Socialcam: 5 alumni founded 5 companies Socialcam 5 Twitch: 4 alumni founded 9 companies Twitch 4 Slide: 4 alumni founded 7 companies Slide 4 Netflix: 4 alumni founded 5 companies Netflix 4 Quora: 4 alumni founded 4 companies Quora 4 Instagram: 4 alumni founded 3 companies Instagram 4 Lucasfilm: 3 alumni founded 8 companies Lucasfilm 3 Reddit: 3 alumni founded 7 companies Reddit 3 Spotify: 3 alumni founded 5 companies Spotify 3
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Company
Sector HQ Founded Founders
Companies started
1
Facebook Media & Entertainment Menlo Park, USA
2004
47
65
2
Twitter Media & Entertainment San Francisco, USA
2006
14
27
3
LinkedIn Media & Entertainment Sunnyvale, USA
2002
8
8
4
Justin.tv Media & Entertainment San Francisco, USA
2007
6
11
5
YouTube Media & Entertainment San Bruno, USA
2005
6
10
6
Odeo Media & Entertainment San Francisco, USA
2005
5
12
7
Socialcam Media & Entertainment San Francisco, USA
2011
5
5
8
Twitch Media & Entertainment San Francisco, USA
2011
4
9
9
Slide Media & Entertainment San Francisco, USA
2005
4
7
10
Netflix Media & Entertainment Los Gatos, USA
1997
4
5
11
Quora Media & Entertainment Mountain View, USA
2009
4
4
12
Instagram Media & Entertainment San Francisco, USA
2010
4
3
13
Lucasfilm Media & Entertainment United States
1971
3
8
14
Reddit Media & Entertainment San Francisco, USA
2005
3
7
15
Spotify Media & Entertainment Stockholm, Sweden
2006
3
5
16
Pinterest Media & Entertainment San Francisco, USA
2010
3
4
17
Meetup Media & Entertainment New York City, USA
2002
3
3
18
Miramax Media & Entertainment Canada
1979
3
3
19
Book My Show Media & Entertainment India
— 3
1
20
Snap Media & Entertainment Santa Monica, USA
2011
3
1
21
Banijay UK Media & Entertainment United Kingdom
1994
2
10
22
Endemol Media & Entertainment Netherlands
1994
2
10
23
Napster Media & Entertainment San Mateo, USA
1999
2
9
24
Blogger Media & Entertainment San Francisco, USA
1999
2
7
25
Krup Music Media & Entertainment India
2015
2
7
26
Krup Productions Media & Entertainment India
— 2
7
27
Krup Publishing Media & Entertainment — 2015
2
7
28
Katalyst Media Media & Entertainment United States
2000
2
5
29
Warner Bros. Discovery Argentina Media & Entertainment Argentina
1993
2
5
30
DreamWorks Media & Entertainment United States
1994
2
4
31
DreamWorks Animation Media & Entertainment United States
1994
2
4
32
LivePlanet Media & Entertainment United States
2000
2
4
33
FriendFeed Media & Entertainment Mountain View, USA
2007
2
3
34
Maverick Management Media & Entertainment United States
2014
2
3
35
Onewayhope Media & Entertainment United States
2016
2
3
36
Pearl Street Films Media & Entertainment — 2012
2
3
37
Semantic-MediaWiki.org Media & Entertainment — 2007
2
3
38
Sequence Media & Entertainment — — 2
3
39
Stan Media & Entertainment — — 2
3
40
Starz Entertainment Media & Entertainment United States
1997
2
3
41
51 Minds Entertainment Media & Entertainment United States
2004
2
2
42
AllSight Studios Media & Entertainment United States
2020
2
2
43
Amblin Entertainment Media & Entertainment United States
1981
2
2
44
Amblin Partners Media & Entertainment United States
2015
2
2
45
Beacons Media & Entertainment San Francisco, USA
2019
2
2
46
Blast Media & Entertainment France
2021
2
2
47
Bluesky Media & Entertainment United States
2021
2
2
48
DIC Entertainment Corporation Media & Entertainment United States
1971
2
2
49
Imagine Entertainment Media & Entertainment United States
1985
2
2
50
Miramax Books Media & Entertainment United States
1979
2
2
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.
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