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U.S. founder reference library

# Founder reference · 16

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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- [Ted Ligety](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/ted-ligety-q23405/) · American alpine skier
- [Ted Price](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/ted-price-q1451415/) · American businessman
- [Ted Swartz](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/ted-swartz-q114221546/) · American actor & playwright
- [Teddy Warner](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/teddy-warner-q137188908/) · American entrepreneur and engineer, founder of Intempus
- [Tei-Fu Chen](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tei-fu-chen-q109352734/) · founder of Sunrider International, a pharmaceutical multi-level marketing company
- [Teimuraz Benidze](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/teimuraz-benidze-q139413110/) · hospitality expert and mixologist
- [Terri Francis](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/terri-francis-q136165153/) · Australian lawyer (born 1986)
- [Terry Crouppen](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/terry-crouppen-q138762680/) · Attorney
- [Thomas Proulx](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/thomas-proulx-q7793309/) · American computer programmer and entrepreneur
- [Thomas Secunda](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/thomas-secunda-q7793856/) · American businessman
- [Thomas Sung](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/thomas-sung-q126100038/) · Chinese-American attorney and banker
- [Thomas Tull](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/thomas-tull-q16213294/) · American film producer
- [Tikhon Bernstam](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tikhon-bernstam-q16218348/) · American businessman
- [Tim Collins](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tim-collins-q1483987/) · American businessman (1956-)
- [Timothy Ian Hely](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/timothy-ian-hely-q115185487/) · American independent video game developer
- [Tina Fey](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tina-fey-q14540/) · American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
- [Tina Mui](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tina-mui-q138796467/) · American trichologist and beauty industry entrepreneur, co-founder of AWARE Hair
- [Tina Sharkey](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tina-sharkey-q16195800/) · American entrepreneur, investor and advisor
- [Todd Morris](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/todd-morris-q114678289/)
- [Todd Schwartz](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/todd-schwartz-q130281290/) · American entrepreneur, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Chairman of OppFi Inc., Partner at Schwartz Capital Group and Strand Equity Partners
- [Tom Dalgliesh](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tom-dalgliesh-q16106913/) · American game designer
- [Tom Egger](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tom-egger-q131385341/) · Austrian Business Executive
- [Tom Gores](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tom-gores-q1253454/) · American businessman and investor
- [Tom Hanks](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tom-hanks-q2263/) · American actor and film producer (born 1956)
- [Tom Karas](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tom-karas-q136692494/) · Portuguese-American entrepreneur; ; founder of Karas Co.
- [Tom L. Ward](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tom-l-ward-q7816519/) · Businessman; Billionaire
- [Tom Monaghan](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tom-monaghan-q944733/) · American entrepreneur who founded Domino's Pizza in 1960
- [Tom Steyer](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tom-steyer-q16189531/) · American businessman, politician, and environmentalist (born 1957)
- [Tom Wilhite](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tom-wilhite-q112898128/) · American producer
- [Tomer Shiran](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tomer-shiran-q138736276/) · Israeli-American technology entrepreneur, co-founder of Dremio, and contributor to Apache Arrow and Iceberg
- [Tommy Hilfiger](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tommy-hilfiger-q136687/) · American fashion designer
- [Tommy Vines](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tommy-vines-q138645669/) · American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- [Tony Contratto](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tony-contratto-q139827343/) · American author (born 1982)
- [Tony Morales](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tony-morales-q114913714/)
- [Tony Solary](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tony-solary-q125573548/) · American video game developer
- [Tony Xu](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tony-xu-q105038817/) · Chinese American entrepreneur, CEO of DoorDash
- [Torange Yeghiazarian](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/torange-yeghiazarian-q113038990/) · Iranian-born American founding artistic director of Golden Thread Productions
- [Travis Boersma](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/travis-boersma-q136480368/) · US businessman
- [Travis Frederick](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/travis-frederick-q12012328/) · American football player (born 1991)
- [Travis Kalanick](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/travis-kalanick-q7836291/) · American entrepreneur
- [Travis Willingham](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/travis-willingham-q2403592/) · American voice actor
- [Tressia Hobeika](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/tressia-hobeika-q138952994/)
- [Trevor Blackwell](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/trevor-blackwell-q4088422/) · Canadian programmer
- [Trevor Rees-Jones](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/trevor-rees-jones-q14616726/) · founder and chairman of Chief Oil and Gas
- [Trevor Zitting](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/trevor-zitting-q135915262/) · CEO and Founder of ProBlu, a software company offering construction services for change orders and daily logs
- [Trey colley](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/trey-colley-q112264171/) · Entrepreneur
- [Trip Hawkins](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/trip-hawkins-q460459/) · American businessman (b. 1953)
- [Troy Lester](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/troy-lester-q138565400/) · American entrepreneur, co-founder and CRO of Warp
- [Troy Nelson](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/troy-nelson-q136817292/) · A financial advisor focused on helping clients align their wealth with their personal values and long-term purpose.
- [Ty Homeyer](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/ty-homeyer-q139829397/) · American businessman, co-founder and COO of The Design House (Denton, Texas)
- [Tōru Yoshikawa](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/t-ru-yoshikawa-q119930141/) · Japanese businessperson
- [Usama Moin](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/usama-moin-q139826965/) · Pakistani software engineer, technical consultant, and CEO of Bitrupt
- [Uwe Heiss](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/uwe-heiss-q138880802/) · German-born American entrepreneur, digital health pioneer, and founder of Zeebo Effect
- [Vasil Terziev](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/vasil-terziev-q120215090/) · Bulgarian entrepreneur
- [Vershawn Sanders-Ward](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/vershawn-sanders-ward-q133053908/) · American dancer, choreographer, and founder of Red Clay Dance Company
- [Vika Michael](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/vika-michael-q138840411/) · American perfumer and perfume brand owner
- [Vin Diesel](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/vin-diesel-q178166/) · American actor (born 1967)
- [Vinit Bodas](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/vinit-bodas-q115002170/) · President, Founder and Chief Investment officer of Deccan Value
- [Vivek Ranadivé](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/vivek-ranadiv-q13121205/) · Indian American business executive and founder of TIBCO
- [Wade Turner](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/wade-turner-q139827063/) · American entrepreneur, co-founder and chief commercial officer of Arterial

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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.

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