# Source: https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/

U.S. founder reference library

# The people who started the companies.

986 founder records and 864 company records, organized around documented founding associations.

This reference library documents public founding associations. It is separate from our revenue-qualified growth profiles. Founding does not establish current ownership, employment, company revenue, or an AE client relationship.

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- [Aaron Irons](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/aaron-irons-q115496667/) · American film writer, director, producer, and musician
- [Abhi Madan](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/abhi-madan-q138349776/) · American fashion designer, co-founder of Amarra
- [Abraham Maslavi](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/abraham-maslavi-q111526489/) · Persian American fashion executive
- [Adam Fleischman](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/adam-fleischman-q15040569/) · American restaurateur
- [Adam Goldstein](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/adam-goldstein-q123005060/) · Entrepreneur
- [Adam London](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/adam-london-q102336798/) · Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2000
- [Adam Saltsman](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/adam-saltsman-q18350147/) · video game designer (born 1982)
- [Adam Sandler](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/adam-sandler-q132952/) · American actor and comedian
- [Adam Singolda](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/adam-singolda-q113483577/) · Israeli businessperson
- [Adi Shamir](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/adi-shamir-q320624/) · Israeli cryptographer (born 1952)
- [Adrian Arredondo](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/adrian-arredondo-q138806853/) · American hairstylist, beauty editor, and entrepreneur
- [Ahmad Tayyem](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/ahmad-tayyem-q138655748/) · Software entrepreneur, founder of QRLynx and Jorbox LLC
- [Ahmed Khaishgi](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/ahmed-khaishgi-q131289537/) · American businessperson
- [Alan Bacon](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alan-bacon-q133817025/) · American community organizer
- [Alan Edelman](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alan-edelman-q14491910/) · American mathematician and computer scientist
- [Alan F. Horn](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alan-f-horn-q2830502/) · American entertainment industry executive (Walt Disney Studios)
- [Alan Fuerstman](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alan-fuerstman-q18686227/) · American hotelier
- [Alanah Pearce](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alanah-pearce-q104832761/) · Australian video game writer and journalist
- [Alena Butkevica](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alena-butkevica-q138820092/) · Latvian surgeon, dentist, scientist, inventor, author, and entrepreneur
- [Ales Litomisky](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/ales-litomisky-q138796703/) · Czech-American engineer and co-founder of Ecogate, Inc.
- [Alex Faherty](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alex-faherty-q138653386/) · Alex Faherty is a co-founder of Faherty brand.
- [Alex Kasper](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alex-kasper-q138340698/) · American cybersecurity educator, producer, and entrepreneur.
- [Alex Martin](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alex-martin-q112369158/)
- [Alex Oshmyansky](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alex-oshmyansky-q112122220/) · American radiologist (born 1984)
- [Alex Strathdee](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alex-strathdee-q135762093/) · American entrepreneur, founder of ShelfLife (formerly Advanced Amazon Ads).
- [Alexander C. Karp](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alexander-c-karp-q19560940/) · businessman, author
- [Alexander Leishman](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alexander-leishman-q123458345/) · American business executive
- [Alexander Wright](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alexander-wright-q135923020/) · Australian-American mastering engineer and writer
- [Ali Ghodsi](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/ali-ghodsi-q23016890/) · Iranian-Swedish computer scientist
- [Ali Shahriyari](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/ali-shahriyari-q139836368/) · Entrepreneur and co-founder of Reality Defender
- [Alvin Soprano](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alvin-soprano-q134584298/) · Russian-Italian film director (born 1994)
- [Alvy Ray Smith](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/alvy-ray-smith-q2761378/) · American filmmaker and cartoonist co-founder of Pixar (born 1943)
- [Amir Ashkenazi](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/amir-ashkenazi-q16197457/) · American businessman
- [Amitav Mehra](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/amitav-mehra-q102338128/) · Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2000
- [Amos Schallich](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/amos-schallich-q100711741/) · CTO & Co-founder of eero
- [Amr Awadallah](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/amr-awadallah-q27964243/) · American computer scientist
- [Amy Poehler](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/amy-poehler-q230203/) · American actress
- [Andrew Bachman](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-bachman-q16222149/) · American entrepreneur (born 1983)
- [Andrew Benson](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-benson-q123458373/) · American business executive
- [Andrew Conru](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-conru-q17986637/) · American businessman
- [Andrew Form](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-form-q21004830/) · American film producer
- [Andrew Herrera](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-herrera-q113143086/) · co-founder and CEO of Remezcla
- [Andrew Konwinski](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-konwinski-q102411021/) · Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2012
- [Andrew Mason](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-mason-q2846672/) · businessman
- [Andrew McCollum](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-mccollum-q4757939/) · co-founder of Facebook and an angel investor
- [Andrew O'Dell](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-o-dell-q127884027/) · American advertising executive
- [Andrew Spinks](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-spinks-q113613677/) · Re-Logic founder and developer
- [Andrew Stokes](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-stokes-q113535962/) · American software engineer
- [Andrew Torba](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-torba-q115715456/) · founder of Gab
- [Andrew Viterbi](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-viterbi-q505358/) · Italian-born American electrical engineer and businessman
- [Andrew Y. Ng](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andrew-y-ng-q2846695/) · American artificial intelligence researcher
- [Andy Dean](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andy-dean-q4760588/) · American radio host
- [Andy Florance](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andy-florance-q115145722/) · American corporate executive
- [Andy Heyward](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andy-heyward-q2783694/) · American former chairman of CEO of DIC Entertainment
- [Andy Puddicombe](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/andy-puddicombe-q16214139/) · British writer and meditation advocate
- [Aneel Bhusri](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/aneel-bhusri-q18352311/) · American business executive
- [Angela Zeng](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/angela-zeng-q124334049/) · Entrepreneur
- [Anita Anthonj](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/anita-anthonj-q138568377/) · American entrepreneur
- [Ankur Jain](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/ankur-jain-q103300620/) · Computer science researcher, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara 2006
- [Anthony Beeler](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/anthony-beeler-q136524367/) · American billiards instructor, author, director and coach

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## How to read these profiles

Each record links the founder to the company named in the cited public dataset. Company pages provide the available business description, founding year, official website, and source trail. A record can describe a founding relationship without establishing a person's present role.

Snapshot: October 9, 2026. Wikidata is collaboratively maintained and may contain errors. Use the linked sources and the company's own information to confirm facts before relying on them. Our [editorial standards](https://businessownerindex.com/editorial-standards/) explain corrections and the separate growth-profile qualification.[Browse founder reference ↗](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/)[Submit a sourced correction ↗](https://businessownerindex.com/get-featured/?request=update)

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