{"id":21995,"date":"2014-09-02T23:01:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T15:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=21995"},"modified":"2023-09-18T18:20:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T10:20:44","slug":"serial-entrepreneurs-companies-create","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/serial-entrepreneurs-companies-create\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Influential Tech Entrepreneurs You Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Entrepreneurs build many of the things you use and love today<\/strong>. Think about it. Someone had to come up with an idea and then <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/balancing-stress-productivity\/\" rel=\"noopener\">make the effort to build it up<\/a>. Someone had to believe in that idea and fork over the money to make it reality. And when you finally unveil your creation, you have to hope that it will be successful to justify the effort put into it. <strong>Entrepreneurship is a really laborious and time consuming effort.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then again, there are those who <strong>enjoy the challenges and the rewards<\/strong> that it could bring when it does succeed. These people have founded many different companies and invest in ideas that they were sure was the next big thing. In this post, we will show you <strong>10 serial tech entrepreneurs and the companies they helped create<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/top-freelance-entrepreneurs\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 7 Successful Entrepreneurs Who Began As Freelancers\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">7 Successful Entrepreneurs Who Began As Freelancers<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/top-freelance-entrepreneurs.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-16848 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/top-freelance-entrepreneurs.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">7 Successful Entrepreneurs Who Began As Freelancers<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you want to start a small business, you craft a plan, make some financial decisions, complete some...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"elonmusk\">Elon Musk<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/serial-entrepreneurs-companies-create\/elon-musk.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\"><\/figure>\n<p>The South African entrepreneur is known for <strong>Tesla Motors, famous for the first fully electric sports car<\/strong>. He is also famous for being a co-founder of <strong>PayPal<\/strong>. His company, X.com <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.paypal-corp.com\/\">merged<\/a> with Confininty Inc. to eventually become the PayPal we know today. Even before PayPal, he already had an Internet based company with <strong>Zip2<\/strong>, a business directory for newspapers, which he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/compaq-buys-zip2\/\">sold<\/a> to Compaq in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Today, along with Tesla Motors, he is the CEO and CTO of <strong>SpaceX, a civilian space transport company<\/strong> known as the first privately funded company to launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/05\/26\/science\/space\/space-x-capsule-docks-at-space-station.html\">send one<\/a> to the International Space Station. He also provided the concept for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tesla.com\/solarpanels?energy_redirect=true\">SolarCity<\/a>, <strong>a solar energy company<\/strong>, and is promoting his idea for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tesla.com\/blog\/hyperloop\">Hyperloop<\/a>, a <strong>high speed transportation system<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Kevin Rose<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/serial-entrepreneurs-companies-create\/kevin-rose.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Rose\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/figure>\n<p>If you ever were a fan of TechTV, you may remember watching Kevin Rose on The Screen Savers, a show all about computers and new technology. If you haven\u2019t heard of it, more likely you are familiar with his most famous creation, <strong>Digg, the social news site that allows users to share and discuss news and related topics<\/strong>. He also started <strong>Revision3, an Internet television network<\/strong> that creates online shows, focusing on niche interests.<\/p>\n<p>Rose also established a micro-blogging site called <strong>Pownce<\/strong>, which didn\u2019t pan out, and <strong>Milk, a mobile development lab<\/strong>, which was acquired by Google. As a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/kevin-rose\">venture capitalist<\/a>, he has invested in Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook, just to name few. He is currently a venture partner at Google Venture.<\/p>\n<h2>Jay Adelson<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/serial-entrepreneurs-companies-create\/jay-adelson.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Adelson\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/figure>\n<p>Jay Adelson was one of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/specials\/2007\/article\/0,28804,1733748_1733758_1736343,00.html\">Time\u2019s Top 100<\/a> Most Influential People In The World in 2008 and as a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,1883644_1883653_1884599,00.html\">finalist<\/a> for the 2009 list for being the CEO of <strong>Digg<\/strong>, one of the biggest websites at the time. Before Digg, Adelson co-founded <strong>Equinix, a company that provides data centers and Internet exchanges<\/strong>. Along with Kevin Rose, he went on to start up Digg and <strong>Revision3<\/strong>, where Adelson sits as Chairman of the Board.<\/p>\n<p>Adelson went on to co-found <strong>SimpleGeo<\/strong> in 2010, a company that provides infrastructure for apps to add in geolocation features. He remained as CEO until it was bought by Urban Airship, where Adelson remain as an advisor. Today, he sits on several boards and performs as an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/jay-adelson\">advisor<\/a> for many different companies. His recent venture, <strong>Opsmatic, aims to assist other companies in their operations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Evan Williams<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/serial-entrepreneurs-companies-create\/evan-williams.jpg\" alt=\"Even Williams\" width=\"500\" height=\"292\"><\/figure>\n<p>A one of the founders of <strong>Twitter<\/strong>, he already had number of companies under his belt. His first successful venture was <strong>Pyra Labs<\/strong>, which he help start. Their crowning achievement was <strong>Blogger<\/strong>, that was later sold to Google. He later went on to establish <strong>Odeo<\/strong>, a podcasting company, which was later sold off to Sonic Mountain.<\/p>\n<p>His biggest accomplishment to date has to be Twitter, born out of the incubator <strong>Obvious Corp<\/strong>, which he co-founded with Biz Stone and former Odeo employees. Since Twitter, Williams created <strong>Medium<\/strong>, a publishing platform, with fellow Twitter co-founder and Blogger developer, Biz Stone. Today, Williams and Stone are winding down Obvious Corp. to focus on individual startups.<\/p>\n<h2>Sean Parker<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/serial-entrepreneurs-companies-create\/sean-parker.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Parker\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/figure>\n<p>He was caught at the age of 16 by the F.B.I. for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/culture\/2010\/10\/sean-parker-201010\">hacking<\/a> into the network of a Fortune 500 company. Parker then went on to co-found <strong>Napster, which was formerly one of the biggest file sharing sites<\/strong> on the Internet and a name that is synonymous with music piracy. So how exactly do you top that? His first venture after Napster was<strong> an online address book and social networking service called Plaxo<\/strong>, where he was eventually <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/joi.ito.com\/weblog\/2004\/04\/21\/sean-parker-kic.html\">ousted<\/a> by the company\u2019s financiers.<\/p>\n<p>He was instrumental in the development of Facebook, eventually becoming their first president. As Mark Zuckerberg noted, \u201cSean was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/stevenbertoni\/2011\/09\/21\/sean-parker-agent-of-disruption\/?sh=762dad507000\">pivotal<\/a> in helping Facebook transform from a college project into a real company\u201d, helping with investors and giving advice. He also <strong>helped fund Spotify <\/strong>and founded<strong> Airtime.com, a real time video chat site<\/strong> with fellow Napster co-founder Shawn Fanning, along with <strong>Causes.com, an online campaigning platform.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Max Levchin<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/serial-entrepreneurs-companies-create\/max-levchin.jpg\" alt=\"Max Levchin\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\"><\/figure>\n<p>He is known as one of the co-creators of PayPal. There he served as CTO and contributed to their anti-fraud efforts. Since PayPal, Levchin went on to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/max-levchin\">several ventures<\/a>, his first being <strong>Slide<\/strong>, which started out as a photo sharing software for social networks but later on <strong>became of the largest third party app developer for Facebook<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A more well known venture is <strong>Yelp<\/strong>, a business ratings and review site. He has also started HFV to fund companies that focus on data analysis, Affirm to build the next generation credit network and Glow to help parents conceive.<\/p>\n<h2>Reid Hoffman<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/serial-entrepreneurs-companies-create\/reid-hoffman.jpg\" alt=\"Reid Hoffman\" width=\"500\" height=\"296\"><\/figure>\n<p>More of a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/reid-hoffman\">serial investor<\/a> than an entrepreneur but without him, a lot of the companies you know today would probably have a difficult time coping. His first company, <strong>SocialNet<\/strong>, was initiated in 1997, an <strong>online matching site<\/strong> for both dating and interest based pursuits; a precursor to today\u2019s social networks. He later became a member of <strong>PayPal\u2019s<\/strong> board of directors (do you see the trend here?).<\/p>\n<p>He went on to co-found <strong>LinkedIn<\/strong>, a business oriented social network. He is known as one of the the most successful angel investors of Silicon Valley, becoming <strong>one of the first investors in Facebook and Zynga<\/strong>, as well as investing in Digg, Wikia, Flickr, Last.fm, just to name a few.<\/p>\n<h2>Nolan Bushnell<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/serial-entrepreneurs-companies-create\/nolan-bushnell.jpg\" alt=\"Nolan Bushnell\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/figure>\n<p>Have you played <strong>Atari<\/strong> today? Children of the 80\u2019s would probably remember that jingle, along with the many games that were on the Atari consoles. The company was built by Nolan Bushnell, considered one of the founding fathers of the video game industry.<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek Magazine named him as one the \u201c<strong>50 Men Who Changed America<\/strong>\u201d and has gone on to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techland.time.com\/2012\/06\/27\/atari-at-40-catching-up-with-founder-nolan-bushnell\/2\/\">establish<\/a><strong> more than 20 companies<\/strong>, the most famous being Atari and <strong>Chuck E. Cheese\u2019s<\/strong>, a family entertainment center. His latest company is <strong>BrainRush<\/strong>, which aims to add gamefication into education.<\/p>\n<h2>Niklas Zennstr\u00f6m<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/serial-entrepreneurs-companies-create\/niklas-zennstrom.jpg\" alt=\"zennstrom\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Swedish entrepreneur is mostly known for the development of <strong>Skype<\/strong> and co-founding <strong>Kazaa<\/strong>, a peer-to-peer file sharing program, both of which he did with his partner, <strong>Janus Friis<\/strong>. Again with Friis, he went on to set up <strong>Joost, an Internet television service<\/strong> that used peer-to-peer technology to deliver content to the user.<\/p>\n<p>His latest venture is <strong>Atomico<\/strong>, a technology investment firm that invest in fast-growing, disruptive technology companies. The firm has made <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/atomico\">investments<\/a> in several companies, famous among them are <strong>Rovio<\/strong> and <strong>Supercell<\/strong>. So yes, you can blame him for Angry Birds and Clash Of Clans.<\/p>\n<h2>Marc Andreessen And Ben Horowitz<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/serial-entrepreneurs-companies-create\/andreessen-horowitz.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Andreessen And Ben Horowitz\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/figure>\n<p>The title technically says \u201c10 serial tech entrepreneurs\u201d but the team of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have invested a lot through their venture capital firm, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/andreessen-horowitz\">Andreessen Horowitz,<\/a> that it only seems fair to include the two together. Andreessen is known as the co-author of <strong>Mosaic<\/strong>, the first popular web browser, one of the founders of <strong>Netscape Communications Corporation<\/strong> and together with Horowitz started <strong>Opsware<\/strong>, an IT management software provider.<\/p>\n<p>Before setting up their investment firm, the two were already active investors in the tech field, well known for their early investment in <strong>Twitter<\/strong>. With their firm, <strong>they had investments in many companies that would become the ones we know of today<\/strong>, such as Skype, Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, Zynga, and the list goes on. In fact, try finding a modern tech firm that wasn\u2019t involved with Andreessen Horowitz. Safe to say, the two help build the current tech industry.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneurs build many of the things you use and love today. Think about it. Someone had to come up with an idea and then make the effort to build it up. Someone had to believe in that idea and fork over the money to make it reality. And when you finally unveil your creation, you&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3405],"tags":[2109],"topic":[4522],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>10 Influential Tech Entrepreneurs You Should Know - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Entrepreneurs build many of the things you use and love today. Think about it. 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