Founder Stories

Read stories about Startup Moguls who revolutionised the industry simply by taking the leap!

Logan Green

Logan Green

Lyft
Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta Platforms
Jonah Peretti

Jonah Peretti

Buzzfeed
Deepinder Goyal

Deepinder Goyal

Zomato
Jan Koum

Jan Koum

WhatsApp Inc.
Sid Sijbrandij

Sid Sijbrandij

GitLab
Srinivasu M. N.

Srinivasu M. N.

BillDesk
Chris Barton

Chris Barton

Guard Inc.
Alex Shevchenko

Alex Shevchenko

Grammarly
Stepan Pachikov

Stepan Pachikov

EverNote
Evan Spiegel

Evan Spiegel

Snap Inc.
Chris Wanstrath

Chris Wanstrath

GitHub
Sujeet Kumar

Sujeet Kumar

Udaan
Mark Pincus

Mark Pincus

Zynga
Chad Richison

Chad Richison

Paycom
Sriharsha Majety

Sriharsha Majety

Swiggy
Eric S. Yuan

Eric S. Yuan

Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
Melanie Perkins

Melanie Perkins

Canva
Clark Valberg

Clark Valberg

InVisionApp Inc.
Pranay Chulet

Pranay Chulet

Quikr
Yoshikazu Tanaka

Yoshikazu Tanaka

Gree Inc
Sarah Leary

Sarah Leary

Nextdoor
Ben Silbermann

Ben Silbermann

Pinterest

All Our Stories

Curated by our best writers, here are all the founder stories you need to know!

Chris Barton

Chris Barton

Guard Inc.
Founder & CEO Started on the side Does code
Darin Feinstein

Darin Feinstein

Core Scientific
Founder Quit job to start Doesn't code
Daphne Koller

Daphne Koller

Coursera
Co-Founder Started on the side Does code
Patrick Collison

Patrick Collison

Stripe
CEO, Cofounder Started on the side Does code
Deepinder Goyal

Deepinder Goyal

Zomato
CEO, Cofounder Started on the side Doesn't code

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