Elon Musk co-founded PayPal, then used the proceeds to start Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink in succession

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994

Sergey Brin

Sergey Brin and Larry Page founded Google in 1998

Jensen Huang

Jensen Huang co-founded Nvidia in a Denny's in 1993

Bill Gates and Paul Allen wrote BASIC for the Altair 8800 in eight weeks, founding Microsoft on the strength of one demo

Bill Gates and Paul Allen wrote BASIC for Altair 8800 in eight weeks, founding Microsoft with one demo

1991 Soviet coup attempt

The first website went live on August 6, 1991 — created by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN

Brian Acton was rejected by both Facebook and Twitter in 2009 before co-founding WhatsApp, which Facebook acquired for $19B

Brian Acton was rejected by both Facebook and Twitter in 2009 before co-founding WhatsApp, which Facebook acquired for $19B