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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- Wale Ayorinde · American AI entrepreneur, founder of Usmart Technologies
- Walter Gilbert · American biochemist
- Walter L. Campbell · American slave trader (circa 1807–?)
- Wayne Holman · Founder and CEO of Ridgeback Capital, co-founder of Ridgeback Biotherapeutics
- Wendy Holman · CEO and co-founder of Ridgeback Biotherapeutics
- Whitney Wolfe Herd · American businesswoman
- Wil Shipley · American businessman
- Will Ferrell · American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer (born 1967)
- Will Wight · American writer
- Will Wright · American video game designer and entrepreneur (born 1960)
- William Andregg · American tech founder and digital computing intelligence researcher
- William Greehey · American businessman and philanthropist
- William P Perry Jr · American business executive and strategist
- William R. G. Beauchamp · CEO and founder of CHAI, the social AI platform. University of Cambridge 2012.
- William Shively · US film producer
- William T. Baumann · Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University 1985
- Yuchun Ku · business executive
- Yuriy Zaremba · Ukrainian-born entrepreneur, founder and CEO of AiSDR Inc.
- Zach Pelka · American entrepreneur and angel investor
- Zachary Laoutides · film actor
- Zack Snyder · American filmmaker (born 1966)
- Zander Krause · American digital media entrepreneur and CEO of Krause Digital
- Zev Siegl · American businessman
- Zhang Yong · Chinese businessman
- Zoe Latta · American fashion designer
- Zoey Lake · American perfumer
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 explain corrections and the separate growth-profile qualification.