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Berkeley founders run the world.
- Intel
Gordon Moore
Co-founder and CEO, Intel
B.S. Chemistry
- Apple
Steve Wozniak
Co-founder and VP of R&D, Apple
B.S. EECS
- OpenAI
John Schulman
Co-founder and Research Scientist, OpenAI
Ph.D. Computer Science
- Sun Microsystems
Bill Joy
Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Sun Microsystems
M.S. EECS
- SoftBank
Masayoshi Son
Founder and CEO, SoftBank
B.A. Economics
- VMware
Diane Greene
Co-founder and CEO, VMware
M.S. EECS
- DoorDash
Tony Xu
Co-founder and CEO, DoorDash
B.S. IEOR
- 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