All Founders

Explore our wide array of synthesized biographies of history's greatest founders, thinkers, doers, & inventors.

13 Founders

The Hungarian refugee who built Intel into the world's most dominant chipmaker and pioneered modern management.

Co-founded HP in a garage with $538, created Silicon Valley's DNA through the HP Way management philosophy.

The brilliant scientist and founder who turned imagination into instant reality and redefined how the world captures its most meaningful moments

The world's wealthiest entrepreneur who made electric cars cool and rockets reusable

The quiet revolutionary who predicted the future and built Intel into a semiconductor empire.

The British inventor who made 5,127 prototypes to revolutionize the vacuum cleaner and prove persistence pays.

The founding father of video gaming who created Atari, pioneered Silicon Valley culture, and launched Steve Jobs' career.

The 52-year-old milkshake machine salesman who turned McDonald's into a global empire through relentless persistence and franchise innovation.

The Iowa farm boy who co-invented the microchip and built Intel, becoming the 'Mayor of Silicon Valley'

The small-town farm boy who built the world's largest corporation by putting customers first and copying every good idea he could find.

The visionary who turned technology into art and changed how we live, work, and connect.

The relentless inventor who electrified the world and created the first industrial research laboratory.

The farm boy who turned a mouse into a multimedia empire and invented the modern theme park