Field Guide
144 cataloged
Founders
Every founder in the archive, the archetypes each one anchors, and the one move that defines the record.
Sector
Archetype
Tier
Role
Origin
Fuel
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2020s
18 founders- Zach DellBase Power
- Adarsh HiremathMercor
- Alex MashrabovHiggsfield
- Brendan FoodyMercor
- Bret TaylorSierra
- Dario AmodeiAnthropic
- David BeckhamIM8
- Fei-Fei LiWorld Labs
- Geoffrey WooAnti Fund
- George BonaciRamp
- George SivulkaHebbia
- Henri SternPrivy
- Jeff YanHyperliquid
- Liang WenfengDeepSeekWave Recognizer *(provisional)
- Paul FrambotMorpho
- Peter SteinbergerOpenClaw
- Scott WuCognition
- Zach AbramsBridge
2010s
52 founders- Adam ForoughiAppLovin
- Adam NeumannWeWork
- Alex BouazizDeel
- Alexandr WangScale AI
- Bom KimCoupang
- Brian ArmstrongCoinbase
- Brian MoynihanBank of AmericaThe Steward *(provisional)
- CZ (Changpeng Zhao)BinanceWave Recognizer
- Dan LewisConvoy
- Danny YeungPrenetics
- David NatroshviliSPRIBE
- David VélezNubank
- Eric GlymanRamp
- Eric S. YuanZoom
- Ernest C. Garcia IIICarvana
- Evan SpiegelSnap Inc.The Humane Tech Visionary
- Guillermo RauchVercelObsessive Natural Builder *(provisional)
- Henrique DubugrasBrex
- Ilkka PaananenSupercellCoach Over Player *(provisional)
- Iyinoluwa Samuel AboyejiAndela
- John CollisonStripe
- Justin SunTRON
- Karim AtiyehRamp
- Kevin SystromInstagram
- Kim Beom-suKakaoSerial Internet Wave Rider *(provisional)
- Kristo KäärmannWise (TransferWise)
- Lei JunXiaomi
- Luis von AhnDuolingo
- Markus VilligBolt
- Matt HuangParadigmFinance + Technology Builder *(provisional)
- Matthew Browning PrinceCloudflare
- Melanie PerkinsCanva
- Micky MalkaRibbit Capital
- Mudassir SheikhaCareem
- Nikolay StoronskyRevolut
- Palmer LuckeyAndurilObsessive Natural Builder *(provisional)
- Parker ConradRippling
- Patrick CollisonStripe
- Pedro FranceschiBrex
- Ryan CohenChewy
- Ryan PetersenFlexport
- Samuel Harris AltmanOpenAISerial Internet Wave Rider *(provisional)
- Shuo WangDeel
- Simón BorreroRappi
- Stani KulechovAave
- Tony XuDoorDash
- Travis KalanickUber
- Valentin StalfN26
- Vitalik ButerinEthereum
- Vlad TenevRobinhood
- Wang NingPop Mart
- Zhang YimingByteDance
2000s
23 founders- Alex KarpPalantir TechnologiesContrarian Mission-Builder
- Alex RampellTrialPay
- Ben HorowitzAndreessen Horowitz
- Brad GerstnerAltimeter Capital
- Brian CheskyAirbnbRe-founder
- Daniel EkSpotifyCoach Over Player
- David Heinemeier Hansson37signalsFanatical Owner-Operator *(provisional)
- Elon MuskSpaceX
- Fernando de LeonLeon Capital GroupNecessity-Forged Entrepreneur
- Forrest LiSea Group (Garena/Shopee)
- Jack DorseyTwitter
- Keith RaboisSquare
- Marc LoreDiapers.com
- Mark Jonathan PincusZynga
- Mark ZuckerbergFacebookObsessive Natural Builder *(provisional)
- Niklas ZennströmSkype
- Paul GrahamY Combinator
- Robert F. SmithVista Equity Partners
- Sebastian SiemiatkowskiKlarna
- Tayo OviosuPaga
- Tobias LutkeShopifyRe-founder
- Wang XingMeituan
- Wences CasaresLemon BankNecessity-Forged Entrepreneur *(provisional)
1990s
24 founders- Aliko DangoteDangote Group
- Barry SternlichtStarwood Capital GroupTransaction Architect
- Gabe Logan NewellValve
- Hiroshi MikitaniRakuten
- Jack MaAlibaba
- Sir James DysonDyson
- Jeff BezosAmazon
- Jensen HuangNvidia
- Jeremy AllaireAllaire CorporationSerial Internet Wave Rider
- Lee Hae-jinNaver
- Marc AndreessenNetscape
- Marc RowanApollo Global Management
- Marcos GalperinMercadoLibreSerial Internet Wave Rider *(provisional)
- Mark CubanBroadcast.com
- Michael RubinFanaticsPlatform Consolidator *(provisional)
- Mohamed Ali Rashid AlabbarEmaar Properties
- Peter ThielPayPal
- Ma HuatengTencent
- Liu Qiangdong (Richard Liu)JD.com
- Sunil Bharti MittalBharti AirtelTransaction Architect *(provisional)
- Timothy Dean SweeneyEpic GamesObsessive Natural Builder *(provisional)
- Todd GravesRaising Cane'sFanatical Owner-Operator
- Ding Lei (William Ding)NetEase
- Xavier NielIliad
1980s
13 founders- Azim Hasham PremjiWipro
- Kevin O'LearyEducational software companyPortfolio Catalyst
- Masayoshi SonSoftBankFinance + Technology Builder
- Michael Rubens BloombergBloomberg LP
- Michael DellDell TechnologiesObsessive Natural Builder
- Michael SaylorStrategy (MicroStrategy)
- Morris ChangTSMC
- Nagavara Ramarao Narayana MurthyInfosys
- Paul Gardner AllenMicrosoft
- Ren ZhengfeiHuawei
- Tadashi YanaiUniqlo
- Ted TurnerCNN
- Tilman FertittaLandry'sPlatform Consolidator
1970s
10 founders- William Henry Gates IIIMicrosoft
- Brad JacobsXPO LogisticsSerial Industry Transformer
- Judith R. FaulknerEpic SystemsFanatical Owner-Operator *(provisional)
- Lawrence Joseph EllisonOracle
- Ray DalioBridgewater Associates
- Shahid KhanFlex-N-GateAssimilated Industrialist *(provisional)
- Steve BallmerMicrosoft
- Steve JobsApple
- Stephen Gary WozniakAppleObsessive Natural Builder *(provisional)
- Terry GouFoxconn
1960s
1 founder- Phil KnightNikeCompetitive Ascetic
1950s
1 founder- Akio MoritaSony
1930s
2 founders- Bill HewlettHewlett-PackardObsessive Natural Builder *(provisional)
- Edwin LandPolaroidThe Humane Tech Visionary *(provisional)