List of companies founded by Harvard College alumni

This is an list of companies founded by alumni of Harvard College, including people who attended the college but did not receive a bachelor's degree. This list is not exhaustive, as it only includes notable, well-documented companies. This list does not include those who only have graduate degrees from Harvard University.

Harvard alumni have started a large number of companies.

Ownership of public companies is shown by their STOCK symbol; subsidiaries of public companies are listed with their owner in parentheses. "Co-founder(s)" means that there were also non-MIT founders for a company. "ND" ("no degree") means that the person pursued a degree program, but never received the degree. An asterisk at the beginning of the "Founder" column indicates that there were other founders who were not Harvard College alumni.

List

Company

Ownership

Category

Year Founded

Harvard Founder(s)

Airbnb

Private

Travel

2008

*Nathan Blecharczyk

Boston Manufacturing Company

Defunct

Textiles

1813

Francis Cabot Lowell

Cabot, Cabot & Forbes

Private

Real estate

1897

Francis Murray Forbes

Cabot Corporation

NYSE:CBT

Chemicals

1882

Godfrey Lowell Cabot

City Year

Non-profit

Education

1988

Michael Brown, Alan Khazei

Facebook

NASDAQ:FB

Social networking

2004

Mark Zuckerberg (ND), Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz (ND), Chris Hughes

Free Software Foundation

non-profit

Software

1985

Richard Stallman

General Catalyst

Private

Venture capital

2000

*Peter Boyce, Spencer Lazar, Adam Valkin

Massachusetts General Hospital

Non-profit

Hospital

1811

John Collins Warren, James Jackson

Microsoft

NASDAQ:MSFT

Computer software

1975

*Bill Gates (ND)

Monitor Group

(Deloitte, private)

Strategy consulting

1983

*Joseph B. Fuller, Mark B. Fuller

Phillips Academy

Non-profit

School

1778

Samuel Phillips Jr.

Phillips Exeter Academy

Non-profit

School

1781

John Phillips

Polaroid

Private

Photography

1937

Edwin H. Land (ND)

Samuel Cabot

(NYSE:VAL)

Wood stain

1877

Samuel Cabot IV

Staples

Private

Office supplies

1986

Leo Kahn, Thomas G. Stemberg

TripAdvisor

NASDAQ:TRIP

Web service

2000

Steve Kaufer

Yale University

Non-profit

University

1701

*James Pierpont