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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- Irwin M. Jacobs · American electrical engineer and philanthropist
- Israel Englander · American hedge fund manager
- Iulian Bondari · Romanian entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Neurovatic
- Iurii Iurchenko · Ukrainian-American data engineer, international speaker, author, and analytics community leader
- J. Cole · American rapper and record producer (born 1985)
- J. J. Abrams · American filmmaker (born 1966)
- J. Larry Nichols · American lawyer and business executive
- J. Patrick Kennedy
- Jack Canfield · American writer and motivational speaker
- Jack Dorsey · American computer scientist, entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
- Jack Roush · American businessman and race team owner
- Jack West · Musician, Inventor and Startup Founder
- Jackie Estrada · Convention organizer
- Jacob Malherbe · American entrepreneur and author
- Jacob Maslavi · fashion company founder
- Jacob Neal Beverage · inventor
- Jacob Peters
- Jake Saunders · American author and businessman
- James Bidzos · CEO of Verisign
- James Coulter · American businessman
- James Lassiter · American film producer
- James McCann · American businessman
- James Naleski · American film director and cinematographer
- James Nguyen · UI designer and game developer
- James Presley Ball, Jr. · American photographer, 19th–20th century, editor of the Helena, Montana newspaper The Colored Citizen
- James S.C. Chao · Chinese-American businessman
- James Sinegal · American businessman
- James Slezak · Australian-American physicist and business executive
- Jamie Hyneman · American special effects specialist and television host
- Jamie Mai
- Jan Koum · Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
- Jani Penttinen · video game developer
- Jared Belsky · American advertising industry executive and entrepreneur
- Jared Birchall · American business executive and former banker
- Jared Brown · American entrepreneur
- Jared Kaplan · artificial intelligence researcher
- Jared Kushner · American businessman and real estate investor (born 1981)
- Jared Thau · founder and CEO of Gameverse Interactive Corp
- Jasmina Aganovic · American perfume executive
- Jason Blum · American film producer (born 1969)
- Jason C · American entrepreneur and cofounder of MetroBud
- Jason Cohen · American businessperson
- Jason Dobbs · American fintech entrepreneur and blockchain infrastructure founder
- Jason Guck · business person
- Jason Hreha · Founder and CEO of Persona
- Jason Kelly · CEO, Ginkgo Bioworks
- Jason Macht · American entrepreneur, founder and CEO of White Space Solutions
- Jason Rubin · American video game director, comic book creator and Internet company founder
- Jason Salfi · American entrepreneur and co-founder of Dimensional Energy
- Jason Winters · co-founder of ioBridge
- Jaxon Parrott · American entrepreneur and founder of AuthorityTech
- Jay Jiang Yu · American bussinesman
- Jay Obernolte · American politician and video game developer (born 1970)
- Jay Rifkin · American music and film producer
- Jay Zigmont · American financial planner and author
- Jeb Tyler · business person
- Jeff Bezos · American business magnate (born 1964)
- Jeff Bond · entrepreneur
- Jeff Daniels · American actor, musician and playwright
- Jeff Feige
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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.