swap_horiz Paul Graham Alternatives

1

Don Valentine

Don Valentine was an American venture capitalist who founded Sequoia Capital in 1972 after working in the semiconductor...

Silicon Valley Tech Early Stage Sequoia

8.8 Great

2

John Doerr

John Doerr is an American venture capitalist associated with the Silicon Valley firm Kleiner Perkins, which he joined in...

Google Silicon Valley Okr Vc

8.8 Great

3

Michael Moritz

Michael Moritz is a Welsh-born venture capitalist and writer associated with Sequoia Capital. After working as a journal...

Silicon Valley Tech Investor Sequoia

8.7 Great

4

Bill Gurley

Bill Gurley is an American venture capitalist who became a general partner at Benchmark, a Silicon Valley venture capita...

Marketplace Tech Benchmark Vc

8.6 Great

5

Reid Hoffman

Reid Hoffman is an American entrepreneur, investor, and author who co-founded the professional networking service Linked...

Social Media Tech Networking Linkedin

8.4 Great

6

Ron Conway

Ron Conway is an American angel investor associated with Silicon Valley's early-stage technology sector. Through his per...

Google Silicon Valley Early Stage Angel

8.4 Great

7

Kevin Systrom

Kevin Systrom is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Instagram with Mike Krieger and served as its chief executive....

Mobile Social Media Startup Instagram

8.3 Great

8

Vinod Khosla

Vinod Khosla is an Indian-born American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 and...

Silicon Valley Co Founder Vc Sun Microsystems

8.3 Great

9

Niklas Zennstrom

Niklas Zennstrom is a Swedish technology entrepreneur who co-founded the internet communications service Skype with Janu...

Sweden Voip Skype Vc

8.3 Great

10

Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel is a German-born American entrepreneur, investor, and political donor who co-founded PayPal and later co-fou...

Contrarian Fintech Palantir Vc

8.2 Great

11

Yuri Milner

Yuri Milner is a technology investor and the founder of DST Global, an investment firm focused on internet and technolog...

Russia Facebook DSP Growth Investing

8.0 Great

12

Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz is an American technology entrepreneur, investor, and author who co-founded the venture capital firm Andree...

Enterprise Startup Tech Vc

7.9 Good

13

Masayoshi Son

Masayoshi Son is a Japanese entrepreneur who founded SoftBank and serves as chairman and chief executive officer of Soft...

Japan Tech Telecom Vc

7.9 Good

14

Tony Xu

Tony Xu is a Chinese American entrepreneur and a co-founder of DoorDash, which began in 2013 as a delivery project devel...

Startup Logistics Food Delivery Gig Economy

7.8 Good

15

Oren Zeev

Oren Zeev is an Israeli-American venture capitalist and the founder of Zeev Ventures, an investment firm structured arou...

Consumer Silicon Valley Fintech Angel

7.8 Good

16

David Sacks

David Sacks is a technology entrepreneur and investor who served as chief operating officer of PayPal during the company...

Podcast SAAS Tech Vc

7.7 Good

17

Esther Dyson

Esther Dyson is an American technology investor, writer, and analyst known for her involvement in the development of the...

Health Tech Angel Vc

7.7 Good

18

Drew Houston

Drew Houston is an American technology entrepreneur who co-founded Dropbox with Arash Ferdowsi in 2007 and serves as the...

Startup SAAS Cloud Storage Tech

7.6 Good

19

Alexis Ohanian

Alexis Ohanian is an American internet entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Reddit with Steve Huffman in 2005. He la...

Social Media Startup Reddit Co Founder

7.6 Good

20

Adora Cheung

Adora Cheung is a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur who co-founded Homejoy, an on-demand home cleaning startup, and later...

Startup Gig Economy Female Founder Ycombinator

5.7 Mediocre