Founded in 1980

Startups founded in 1980: 168 companies and their founders

168 companies in the founder graph were founded in 1980, each listed with the people who started it. Most notable first.

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CNNPrivate 🦄 Unicorn

Media & Entertainment · United States · 1980

36 BoysPrivate

Germany · 1980

Attila Murat Aydın

APCPrivate

Australia · 1980

Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli TheatrePrivate

Israel · 1980

Adarna HousePrivate

Media & Entertainment · Philippines · 1980

Virgilio S. Almario

Alimentation Couche-TardPrivate

Canada · 1980

AlltechPrivate

United States · 1980

AlsysPrivate

France · 1980

Alternatives économiquesPrivate

France · 1980

Alyson BooksPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 1980

Animals AustraliaPrivate

Australia · 1980

Architectural Resources GroupPrivate

Real Estate & Construction · United States · 1980

ArianespacePrivate

Aerospace & Space · France · 1980

Frédéric d'Allest

Association of Women Artists (Auckland)Private

New Zealand · 1980

Carole Shepheard

AvrianiPrivate

Greece · 1980

BETPrivate

United States · 1980

Robert L. Johnson, Sheila Crump Johnson

BMC SoftwarePrivate

Software & IT · United States · 1980

Beagle BrosPrivate

Software & IT · 1980

BroderbundPrivate

Gaming · United States · 1980

BudgeCoPrivate

Gaming · United States · 1980

CPP GroupPrivate

1980

Casus BelliPrivate

1980

François Marcela-Froideval

Catalan SolidarityPrivate

Spain · 1980

Celdoni Sala Vidal, Manuel Milián Mestre

Centre de recherche pharmaceutique de LuoziPrivate

Democratic Republic of the Congo · 1980

Étienne Flaubert Batangu Mpesa

Charleston ConferencePrivate

United States · 1980

Katina P. Strauch

Christic InstitutePrivate

Legal · United States · 1980

Clean HarborsPrivate

Energy & Climate · United States · 1980

Cleis PressPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 1980

CoderePrivate

Gambling · Spain · 1980

José Antonio Martínez Sampedro, Luis Javier Martínez Sampedro

Dawat-e-IslamiPrivate

Government & Nonprofit · Pakistan · 1980

Ilyas Qadri, Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri

Demon Music Group Ltd.Private

United Kingdom · 1980

Andrew Lauder, Jake Riviera

Dick Johnson RacingPrivate

Australia · 1980

Dischord RecordsPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 1980

Ian MacKaye, Jeff Nelson

DishPrivate

Aerospace & Space · United States · 1980

Charlie Ergen, Cantey Ergen

Dolce & GabbanaPrivate

Fashion & Beauty · Italy · 1980

Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana

Don QuijotePrivate

Retail & E-commerce · Japan · 1980

Doğan Holding CompanyPrivate

Enterprise Software · Turkey · 1980

E1 TelevisionPrivate

Media & Entertainment · 1980

EchoStarPrivate

Telecom · United States · 1980

Eddy MerckxPrivate

Consumer · Belgium · 1980

Emmis CommunicationsPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 1980

Epitaph RecordsPrivate

United States · 1980

Exergen CorporationPrivate

United States · 1980

Francesco Pompei

FASA CorporationPrivate

Gaming · United States · 1980

Jordan Weisman, L. Ross Babcock III

FadesaPrivate

Enterprise Software · Spain · 1980

Food Not BombsPrivate

1980

G2000Private

Retail & E-commerce · 1980

GE Wind EnergyPrivate

Energy & Climate · Germany · 1980

Gagosian GalleryPrivate

United States · 1980

Geffen RecordsPrivate

United States · 1980

GenasysPrivate

Software & IT · United States · 1980

General AtlanticPrivate

1980

Charles F. Feeney

Grand Duchy of AvramPrivate

Australia · 1980

John Charlton Rudge

Grupo Gay da BahiaPrivate

Brazil · 1980

H.I.S.Private

Travel & Hospitality · Japan · 1980

Harvestehuder KammerchorPrivate

1980

Hays TravelPrivate

Travel & Hospitality · United Kingdom · 1980

HesburgerPrivate

Food & Agriculture · Finland · 1980

IONIS Education GroupPrivate

France · 1980

ImpulPrivate

Japan · 1980

Kazuyoshi Hoshino