Who is in the Stanford University mafia?

Notable members include Peter Thiel (PayPal), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), David Sacks (Yammer), Keith Rabois (Opendoor), Garry Tan (Posterous), Joe Lonsdale (Opto Investments), Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Mike Maples Jr (Pattern Breakers), among 2,290 tracked members.

What companies did Stanford University alumni found?

Companies founded by Stanford University alumni include PayPal, LinkedIn, Yammer, Opendoor, Posterous, Opto Investments, Draper Associates, Pattern Breakers, Future Ventures, Counsyl.

The Stanford University Mafia

2,290 people came through Stanford University and went on to found or lead other companies.

Peter ThielB.A.Founded PayPal +3 Reid HoffmanB.S.Founded LinkedIn +3 David SacksB.A.Founded Yammer +3 Keith RaboisB.A.Founded Opendoor +1 Garry TanBSFounded Posterous +2 Joe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto Investments +5 Tim DraperBSFounded Draper Associates Mike Maples JrBSFounded Pattern Breakers Steve JurvetsonBSEEFounded Future Ventures +1 Balaji SrinivasanLecturer, Departments of Statistics and Computer ScienceFounded Counsyl +1 Jess LeeBSFounded Polyvore Dalton CaldwellB.S.Founded Standard Capital Brian ActonBSFounded WhatsApp Evan SpiegelB.S. in EngineeringFounded Snap Mike KriegerOral Communications TutorFounded Instagram Reed HastingsMS Artificial IntelligenceFounded Netflix +1 Andy FangCS106 Section LeaderFounded DoorDash Stanley TangBSFounded DoorDash Ken HoweryBAFounded PayPal Vlad TenevBachelor’s DegreeFounded Harmonic +1 Baiju BhattMaster of Science (M.S.)Founded Cowboy Space Corporation +1 David VélezBachelor in ScienceFounded Nubank Ryan SheaVolunteerFounded Stacks Ilya SutskeverPostdocFounded Safe Superintelligence +1 Dario AmodeiPostdoctoral ScholarFounded Anthropic Fei-Fei LiSequoia Professor of Computer ScienceFounded World Labs Clément DelangueNon-degree programFounded VideoNotes +1 Victor RiparbelliComputer ScienceFounded Synthesia Henrique DubugrasBachelor’s DegreeFounded Stone +1 Pedro FranceschiBachelor's DegreeFounded Brex Ryan KingMSFounded chimebank-ar21 Andrew NgAdjunct Professor of Computer ScienceFounded Factored +6 Rajiv KhemaniMBAFounded Auradine +4 Kevin HartzBachelor of Arts & ScienceFounded Eventbrite +3 Ansuman SatpathyAssociate Professor, Pathology and ImmunologyFounded Santa Ana Bio +3 Geoffrey WooResearch AssistantFounded Geoff Woo +3 Ryan JuneeMSEEFounded Ostro +3 Sebastian ThrunAdjunct ProfessorFounded Waymo +3 Evan PowellPostgraduateFounded DeepTempo +3 John PetersBSFounded Avangate +3 Howard ChangPostdoctoral FellowshipFounded Accent Therapeutics +3 Sean KendallBSFounded ロゴマーク：AIRNA +2 Manu KumarPh.D.Founded K9 Ventures +2 Rodney BrooksAssistant ProfessorFounded Rethink Robotics +2 Ernest SánchezAvMPFounded Nuclio Talent +2 Aihui OngVenture CapitalFounded Love With Food +2 Naveen RaoElectrical EngineeringFounded Nervana +2 Jon KraftBAFounded Operativegames +2 Marc CohenFounded Regenacy Pharmaceuticals +2 Dan SirokerB.S.Founded Limitless +2 Lex BayerMS & BSFounded Quizlet +2 Edward KimBSFounded ZenPayroll +2 Amir GhazvinianMaster of Science (MS)Founded Interstate Analytics +2 Yin WuTheoretical Chemistry ResearcherFounded Pulley +2 Weiting LiuMSFounded Everyday.me +2 Austin LockwoodBS/MSFounded Remoov +2 Brian BrunnerComputer ScienceFounded Cheddar +2 Michael DAngeloMaster of Science - MSFounded Matroid +2 Jesse ZhangPHD StudentFounded Decagon +2 Bastien BeurierNon-degree programsFounded Lantern +2 Matt RouifTeaching AssistantFounded Photoroom +2 Ivan TsybaevStartX programFounded Ten8 +2 Jon O'BryanBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Blankethomes +2 Samir MenonMaster of Science - MSFounded Sail Research +2 Henry A. LeeBachelor of Science (BS)Founded OrderAhead +2 David SchafferBSFounded Rewrite Therapeutics +2 Jagdeep SinghMaster’s DegreeFounded Infinera +2 Daphne KollerProfessorFounded Coursera +2 Joseph DeSimoneSanjiv Sam Gambhir Professor in Translational Medicine & Chem Engineering: Depts Radiology, ChE, GSBFounded Blue Current +2 Tianwei LiuSCPD Technology EntrepreneurshipFounded StraitsX +2 Dan WallaceMSMEFounded Versa Vascular +2 Brian NguyenBS Mathematical and Computational ScienceFounded Resolve +2 Reid RubsamenM.S.Founded Aradigm Corporation +2 Alex FieldingContinuing ed. Sharpening the saw. M&AFounded Privateer Space +2 Bismarck LepeFounded Misaludhealth +2 Saman AmarasinghePhDFounded Exaloop +2 Suhaas PrasadM.S.Founded Onos Health AI for behavioral health management Health +2 Xavier CasanovaMaster of ScienceFounded Olakai +2 Marcel HollerbachFounded Productsup +1 Justin SwartBachelor of Science - BSFounded Magic +1 Miriam RiveraTrusteeFounded Ulu Ventures +1 Pieter AbbeelPh.D. studentFounded Gradescope +1 Alexander BlessingMaster of Science - MSFounded VoiceGem +1 Alex CheeSymbolic Systems: Human-Computer InteractionFounded Termina +1 Alessio QuagliniQuantitative Finance ProgramFounded Clearpool +1 Sebastian SchuonResearch AssistantFounded Alasco +1 Elizabeth YinBSFounded LaunchBit +1 Dakin SlossB.S.Founded Tachyus +1 Perry NisenBachelor's degreeFounded Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute +1 Maricel SaenzCertificateFounded NextBiotics +1 Laura YeciesStanford Genetics & Genomics Certificate ProgramFounded Bonehealthtech +1 Venkat ViswanathanPh.DFounded AIONICS +1 Ruban KanapathippillaiMSFounded Iterate AI +1 Jeff SeibertVP of ETL, Business Association of Stanford Engineering StudentsFounded Crashlytics +1 Daphne TeoMaster of ScienceFounded NSG Bio +1 Aaron SistoPhDFounded Searchable AI +1

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Stanford University mafia?: The Stanford University mafia is the network of 2,290 people who came through Stanford University and went on to found or lead other companies, including PayPal, LinkedIn, Yammer, Opendoor, Posterous.
Who is in the Stanford University mafia?: Notable members include Peter Thiel (PayPal), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), David Sacks (Yammer), Keith Rabois (Opendoor), Garry Tan (Posterous), Joe Lonsdale (Opto Investments), Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Mike Maples Jr (Pattern Breakers), among 2,290 tracked members.
What companies did Stanford University alumni found?: Companies founded by Stanford University alumni include PayPal, LinkedIn, Yammer, Opendoor, Posterous, Opto Investments, Draper Associates, Pattern Breakers, Future Ventures, Counsyl.