List of companies founded by UC Berkeley alumni
This is a list of companies founded by University of California, Berkeley alumni, including attendees who enrolled in degree-programs at Berkeley but did not eventually graduate. This list is not exhaustive, for it only includes companies of which the establishment and development history is recorded in details by reliable sources.
UC Berkeley has often been cited as one of the universities that have produced most entrepreneurs.Its alumni and faculty have founded a large number of companies, and its degrees are among the most valuable in Silicon Valley.
A company with asterisk (*) following its STOCK symbol means the company is not listed as public anymore. "Founder(s)" means a company is founded solely by Berkeley alumni, while "co-founder(s)" means otherwise.
Year 2000 - Present
Company |
Public |
Category |
Year Founded |
Founder/Co-founder (Berkeley Alumni) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Barracuda Networks |
CUDA (NYSE) |
Security/Technology |
2003 |
Co-founder Dean Drako (M.S). |
BrightSource Energy |
Technology |
2004 |
Founder Arnold J. Goldman (B.S). |
|
Chernin Entertainment |
Entertainment |
2009 |
Founder Peter Chernin (B.A). |
|
Coursera |
Education/Technology |
2012 |
Co-founder Andrew Ng (PhD). |
|
FireEye |
FEYE (NASDAQ) |
Security/Technology |
2004 |
Co-founder Ashar Aziz (M.S). |
Hyperloop One |
Technology |
2014 |
Co-founder Shervin Pishevar (B.S). |
|
Kabam |
Entertainment |
2006 |
Co-founder Kevin Chou (B.S). |
|
Keyhole, Inc. (Google Earth) |
Technology |
2001 |
Co-founder John Hanke (M.B.A). |
|
Mozilla Corporation |
Technology |
2005 |
Co-founder Mitchell Baker (B.A, J.D). |
|
Myspace (Time Inc.-owned) |
Social Media |
2003 |
Co-founder Tom Anderson (B.A). |
|
Niantic |
Technology |
2015 |
Co-founder John Hanke (M.B.A). |
|
Rodarte |
Clothing/Accessories |
2005 |
Founders Kate Mulleavy (B.A) and Laura Mulleavy (B.A). |
|
Sherpa Capital |
Finance |
2013 |
Co-founder Shervin Pishevar (B.S). |
|
Tesla |
TSLA (NASDAQ) |
Technology |
2003 |
Co-founder Marc Tarpenning (B.S). |
TubeMogul |
TUBE (NASDAQ)* |
Technology |
2007 |
Founders Brett Wilson (M.B.A) and John Hughes (M.B.A). |
Year 1980 - 1999
Company |
Public |
Category |
Year Founded |
Founder/Co-founder (Berkeley Alumni) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apache Software Foundation |
Technology |
1999 |
Founder Brian Behlendorf (B.A). |
|
Blue Nile |
NILE (NASDAQ)* |
Luxury Retail |
1999 |
Co-founder Ben Elowitz (B.A, B.S). |
eBay |
EBAY (NASDAQ) |
Internet/Technology |
1995 |
Founder Pierre Omidyar (Attendee). |
Extreme Networks |
EXTR (NASDAQ) |
Networking/Technology |
1996 |
Founder Gordon Stitt (M.B.A). |
HTC Corportion |
2498 (TPE) |
Technology |
1997 |
Co-founder Cher Wang (B.A). |
Inktomi (Yahoo!-owned) |
Technology |
1996 |
Founders Eric Brewer (B.S) and Paul Gauthier (PhD drop-out). |
|
LoopNet (CoStar Group-owned) |
LOOP (NASDAQ)* |
Technology |
1995 |
Founder Dennis DeAndre (B.S). |
Marvell Technology Group |
MRVL (NASDAQ) |
Technology |
1995 |
Co-founders Sehat Sutardja (M.S, PhD) and Weili Dai (B.S). |
NetApp |
NTAP (NASDAQ) |
Technology |
1992 |
Co-founder James Lau (B.S). |
Renaissance Technologies |
Finance |
1982 |
Founder James Simons (PhD). |
|
Rotten Tomatoes (Fandango-owned) |
Review/User Community |
1998 |
Founders Senh Duong (B.A), Patrick Y. Lee (B.A) and Stephen Wang (B.A). |
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SanDisk (Western Digital-owned) |
Technology |
1988 |
Co-founder Sanjay Mehrotra (B.S, M.S). |
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Softbank |
9984 (TYO) |
Finance/Technology |
1981 |
Founder Masayoshi Son (B.A). |
Sun Microsystems (Oracle-owned) |
Technology |
1982 |
Co-founder Bill Joy (M.S). |
|
Vimicro |
VIMC (NASDAQ)* |
Technology |
1999 |
Founder Deng Zhonghan (M.A, M.S, PhD). |
VMware |
VMW (NYSE) |
Technology |
1998 |
Co-founders Diane Greene (M.S) and Mendel Rosenblum (PhD). |
Year 1960 - 1979
Company |
Public |
Category |
Year Founded |
Founder/Co-founder (Berkeley Alumni) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Activision (now Activision Blizzard) |
ATVI (NASDAQ) |
Entertainment/Technology |
1979 |
Co-founders Alan Miller (B.S) and Larry Kaplan (B.A). |
Apple |
AAPL (NASDAQ) |
Technology |
1976 |
Co-founder Steve Wozniak (B.S). |
Blum Capital |
Finance |
1975 |
Founder Richard C. Blum (B.S, M.B.A). |
|
Cato Institute |
Think Tank |
1974 |
Co-founder Edward H. Crane (B.S). |
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Gap Inc. |
GPS (NYSE) |
Clothing/Accessories |
1969 |
Co-founder Donald Fisher (B.S). |
Intel |
INTC (NASDAQ) |
Technology |
1968 |
Co-founders Gordon Moore (B.S) and Andy Grove (PhD). |
Before 1960
Company |
Public |
Category |
Year Founded |
Founder/Co-founder (Berkeley Alumni) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Varian Associates |
Technology |
1948 |
Co-founder Edward Ginzton (B.S, M.S). |
See also
- List of companies founded by MIT alumni
- List of companies founded by Stanford University alumni