The 35 Retail & E-commerce 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 · Retail & E-commerce Alumni who went on to found companies Amazon: 17 alumni founded 19 companies Amazon 17 Flipkart: 11 alumni founded 7 companies Flipkart 11 Myntra: 4 alumni founded 6 companies Myntra 4 The Honest Company: 3 alumni founded 4 companies The Honest Company 3 Yaysay: 3 alumni founded 4 companies Yaysay 3 Auctomatic: 3 alumni founded 3 companies Auctomatic 3 Airlift: 3 alumni founded 2 companies Airlift 3 Airlift Technologies: 3 alumni founded 2 companies Airlift Technologies 3 BookMyShow: 3 alumni founded 1 companies BookMyShow 3 GoTo Group: 3 alumni founded 1 companies GoTo Group 3 Kik: 3 alumni founded 1 companies Kik 3 On AG: 3 alumni founded 1 companies On AG 3 lucy.co: 3 alumni founded 1 companies lucy.co 3 Gilt Groupe: 2 alumni founded 4 companies Gilt Groupe 2 Pet Circle: 2 alumni founded 4 companies Pet Circle 2
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Company
Sector HQ Founded Founders
Companies started
1
Amazon Retail & E-commerce Seattle, USA
1994
17
19
2
Flipkart Retail & E-commerce Bengaluru, India
2007
11
7
3
Myntra Retail & E-commerce Bengaluru, India
2007
4
6
4
The Honest Company Retail & E-commerce United States
2011
3
4
5
Yaysay Retail & E-commerce — — 3
4
6
Auctomatic Retail & E-commerce San Francisco, USA
2007
3
3
7
Airlift Retail & E-commerce — — 3
2
8
Airlift Technologies Retail & E-commerce — — 3
2
9
BookMyShow Retail & E-commerce Mumbai, India
2007
3
1
10
GoTo Group Retail & E-commerce — — 3
1
11
Kik Retail & E-commerce Waterloo, Canada
2009
3
1
12
On AG Retail & E-commerce Switzerland
2010
3
1
13
lucy.co Retail & E-commerce Los Angeles, USA
2016
3
1
14
Gilt Groupe Retail & E-commerce United States
2007
2
4
15
Pet Circle Retail & E-commerce — — 2
4
16
ShoeDazzle Retail & E-commerce United States
2009
2
4
17
Zappos Retail & E-commerce United States
1999
2
3
18
Bucketplace (Ohouse) Retail & E-commerce — — 2
2
19
Feather Retail & E-commerce New York City, USA
2017
2
2
20
Jumia Retail & E-commerce Lagos, Nigeria
2012
2
2
21
Lunescape Retail & E-commerce United States
2020
2
2
22
MyGlamm Retail & E-commerce Mumbai, India
2015
2
2
23
ShopBack Retail & E-commerce — — 2
2
24
Bazaar Retail & E-commerce — — 2
1
25
Bazaar Technologies Retail & E-commerce — — 2
1
26
Kitchenful Retail & E-commerce Berlin, Germany
2019
2
1
27
MarketForce Retail & E-commerce Nairobi, Kenya
2018
2
1
28
Orchata Retail & E-commerce Mexico City, Mexico
2020
2
1
29
Pabio Retail & E-commerce Switzerland
2020
2
1
30
Printi Retail & E-commerce — — 2
1
31
ShopCircle Retail & E-commerce — — 2
1
32
Souq Retail & E-commerce — — 2
1
33
Swap Retail & E-commerce — — 2
1
34
The Lafz Retail & E-commerce Singapore
— 2
1
35
Walmart Labs Retail & E-commerce United States
2005
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.
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