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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-commerceAlumni who went on to found companiesAmazon: 17 alumni founded 19 companiesAmazon17Flipkart: 11 alumni founded 7 companiesFlipkart11Myntra: 4 alumni founded 6 companiesMyntra4The Honest Company: 3 alumni founded 4 companiesThe Honest Company3Yaysay: 3 alumni founded 4 companiesYaysay3Auctomatic: 3 alumni founded 3 companiesAuctomatic3Airlift: 3 alumni founded 2 companiesAirlift3Airlift Technologies: 3 alumni founded 2 companiesAirlift Technologies3BookMyShow: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesBookMyShow3GoTo Group: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesGoTo Group3Kik: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesKik3On AG: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesOn AG3lucy.co: 3 alumni founded 1 companieslucy.co3Gilt Groupe: 2 alumni founded 4 companiesGilt Groupe2Pet Circle: 2 alumni founded 4 companiesPet Circle2
Founder factories · Retail & E-comm…Alumni who went on to found companiesAmazon: 17 alumni founded 19 companiesAmazon17Flipkart: 11 alumni founded 7 companiesFlipkart11Myntra: 4 alumni founded 6 companiesMyntra4The Honest Company: 3 alumni founded 4 companiesThe Honest Comp…3Yaysay: 3 alumni founded 4 companiesYaysay3Auctomatic: 3 alumni founded 3 companiesAuctomatic3Airlift: 3 alumni founded 2 companiesAirlift3Airlift Technologies: 3 alumni founded 2 companiesAirlift Technol…3BookMyShow: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesBookMyShow3GoTo Group: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesGoTo Group3Kik: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesKik3On AG: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesOn AG3lucy.co: 3 alumni founded 1 companieslucy.co3Gilt Groupe: 2 alumni founded 4 companiesGilt Groupe2Pet Circle: 2 alumni founded 4 companiesPet Circle2
# Company SectorHQFounded 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. Data is community-corrected — fix something.