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Berkeley founders run the world.

  1. Intel

    Gordon Moore

    Co-founder and CEO, Intel

    B.S. Chemistry

  2. Apple

    Steve Wozniak

    Co-founder and VP of R&D, Apple

    B.S. EECS

  3. OpenAI

    John Schulman

    Co-founder and Research Scientist, OpenAI

    Ph.D. Computer Science

  4. Sun Microsystems

    Bill Joy

    Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Sun Microsystems

    M.S. EECS

  5. SoftBank

    Masayoshi Son

    Founder and CEO, SoftBank

    B.A. Economics

  6. VMware

    Diane Greene

    Co-founder and CEO, VMware

    M.S. EECS

  7. DoorDash

    Tony Xu

    Co-founder and CEO, DoorDash

    B.S. IEOR

  8. Databricks

    Matei Zaharia

    Co-founder and CTO, Databricks

    Ph.D. Computer Science

$139.4B

Raised by companies Berkeley alumni founded

Across 2,155 companies

Rank 1

In the world for venture-backed founders

4 years running

2,380

Alumni who founded a venture-backed startup

More than any other university

We tell untold stories of Berkeley’s builders