Founder Stories

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

Sujeet Kumar

Sujeet Kumar

Udaan
Jan Koum

Jan Koum

WhatsApp Inc.
Pranay Chulet

Pranay Chulet

Quikr
Sarah Leary

Sarah Leary

Nextdoor
Sid Sijbrandij

Sid Sijbrandij

GitLab
Stepan Pachikov

Stepan Pachikov

EverNote
Logan Green

Logan Green

Lyft
Chris Barton

Chris Barton

Guard Inc.
Alex Shevchenko

Alex Shevchenko

Grammarly
Deepinder Goyal

Deepinder Goyal

Zomato
Clark Valberg

Clark Valberg

InVisionApp Inc.
Chris Wanstrath

Chris Wanstrath

GitHub
Mark Pincus

Mark Pincus

Zynga
Chad Richison

Chad Richison

Paycom
Eric S. Yuan

Eric S. Yuan

Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta Platforms
Srinivasu M. N.

Srinivasu M. N.

BillDesk
Evan Spiegel

Evan Spiegel

Snap Inc.
Reed Hastings

Reed Hastings

Netflix
Sriharsha Majety

Sriharsha Majety

Swiggy
Jonah Peretti

Jonah Peretti

Buzzfeed
Yoshikazu Tanaka

Yoshikazu Tanaka

Gree Inc
Ben Silbermann

Ben Silbermann

Pinterest
Melanie Perkins

Melanie Perkins

Canva

All Our Stories

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

Byju Raveendran

Byju Raveendran

Byju's
Byju Raveendran Started on the side Doesn't code
Bill Hewlett

Bill Hewlett

Hewlett-Packard
Bill Hewlett Quit job to start Does code
Darin Feinstein

Darin Feinstein

Core Scientific
Darin Feinstein Quit job to start Doesn't code
Daniel Saks

Daniel Saks

App Direct
Daniel Saks Quit job to start Doesn't code
Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales

Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation and Fandom Inc.
Jimmy Wales Quit job to start Doesn't code

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