List of companies founded by Brown University alumni

This is a list of companies founded by Brown University alumni, including attendees who enrolled in degree-programs at Brown but did not eventually graduate. This list is not exhaustive, as it only includes notable companies of which the founding and development history is well recorded by reliable sources. In particular, subsidiaries are listed with their owners in parentheses.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Company Type Stock Category Year founded Founder/co-founder from Brown
FM Global Insurance 1835
  1. Zachariah Allen (B.A. 1813)
Brown & Sharpe Technology 1853
  1. Lucian Sharpe (1893)
The Wall Street Journal Media 1889
  1. Edward Davis Jones (Class of 1874)[1]
McKinsey & Company Private Consulting 1939
  1. Marvin Bower (B.A. 1925)
Diners Club International 1950
  1. Alfred S. Bloomingdale (1938)
Turner Broadcasting System (WarnerMedia) Media 1965
  1. Ted Turner (Class of 1960)[2]
Greenpeace 1969
  1. Irving Stowe (1936)
Concept2 Athletic equipment 1976
  1. Dick Dreissigacker (1969)
Arquitectonica Architecture 1977
  1. Laurinda Hope Spear (1972)
CNN (WarnerMedia) Media 1980
  1. Ted Turner (Class of 1960)[2]
1100 Architect Architecture 1983
  1. David Piscuskas (1979)
Z Corporation Technology 1986
  1. Marina Hatsopoulos (1987)
Claris Technology 1987
  1. Randy Komisar (B.A. 1976)
Vestar Capital Partners Investment firm 1988
  1. Daniel S. O’Connell (1976)[3]
Providence Equity Partners Private Investment firm 1989
  1. Jonathan M. Nelson (B.A. 1977)[4]
  2. Glenn Creamer (B.A. 1984)
Nantucket Nectars (Keurig Dr Pepper) Beverage 1989
  1. Tom Scott (B.A. 1989)[5]
  2. Tom First (B.A. 1989)
Apollo Global Management 1990
  1. Craig Cogut (1975)
Starwood Capital Group Private Investment firm 1991
  1. Barry Sternlicht (B.A. 1982)[6]
Crescent Capital Group Private Investment firm 1991
  1. Mark Attanasio (1979)[7]
Madison Dearborn Partners Private Investment firm 1992
  1. Samuel M. Mencoff[8]
Alexion Pharmaceuticals NASDAQ: ALXN Pharmaceuticals 1992
  1. Leonard Bell (B.A. 1980)[9]
The Motley Fool 1993
  1. Tom Gardner (B.A. 1990)
Townsquare Media NYSE: TSQ Media 1994
  1. Steven Price (B.A. 1984)
CDNow E-commerce 1994
  1. Jason Olim (1991)
Bracebridge Capital Investment firm 1994
  1. Nancy Zimmerman (1985)
Searchlight Pictures (The Walt Disney Company) Media 1994
  1. Tom Rothman (B.A. 1976)[10]
Rawkus Records 1995
  1. Jarret Myer (1995)
Netgear NASDAQ: NTGR 1996
  1. Patrick Lo (B.Sc. 1979)[11]
DCM Ventures 1996
  1. David Chao[12]
Grey Goose (Bacardi) Beverage 1997
  1. Sidney Frank[13]
United Rentals NYSE: URI 1997
  1. Brad Jacobs
Dress For Success Non-profit 1997
  1. Nancy Lublin (1993)[14]
W Hotels (Marriott International) Hospitality 1998
  1. Barry Sternlicht (B.A. 1982)[6]
Evite Liberty Media 1998
  1. Joshua G Silverman[15]
IvyWise 1998
  1. Katherine Cohen
Grist Media 1999
  1. Chip Giller
Simpli Search engine 1999
  1. Jeff Stibel[16]
  2. James A. Anderson
Quadrangle Group Investment firm 2000
  1. Steven Rattner (B.A. 1974)[17]
Loudmouth Golf Apparel 2000
  1. Scott Woodworth (1982)[18]
Recommind 2000
  1. Derek Schueren (1998)
Clinton Health Access Initiative Non-profit 2002
  1. Ira Magaziner (1969)
Tribeca Enterprises Media 2003
  1. Jane Rosenthal
Optoro 2004
  1. Tobin "Toby" Moore (B.A. 2004)
  2. Adam Vitarello (2005)
Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. 2004
  1. Alexandra Pruner (B.A. 1983)
Workday, Inc. NASDAQ: WDAY Financial management 2005
  1. Aneel Bhusri (B.Sc. 1988)[19]
One Laptop per Child 2005
  1. Mary Lou Jepsen (B.Sc. 1987; Ph.D. 2005)
Instructables (Autodesk) 2005
  1. Dan Goldwater (B.Sc. 1996; M.Sc. 1997)
Amie Street 2006
  1. Elliott Breece (2006)[20]
  2. Elias Roman (2006)
  3. Joshua Boltuch (2006)
Wistia 2006
  1. Brendan Schwartz (2005)
  2. Chris Savage (2005)
RXi Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 2006
  1. Craig Mello (Sc.B., 1982)
SlideShare Technology 2006
  1. Jonathan Boutelle (1998)[21]
  2. Rashmi Sinha (Ph.D. 1998)
RealSelf 2006
  1. Andrew Hunt (B.A. 2004)
MongoDB Inc. NASDAQ: MDB Technology 2007
  1. Eliot Horowitz (B.Sc. 2003)
Zeta Global Private Marketing 2007
  1. John Sculley (B.A. 1961)[22]
Color Force Film 2007
  1. Nina Jacobson (1987)
Remodelista (Ørsted) Media 2007
  1. Julie Carlson (B.A. 1984)[23]
Deepwater Wind 2007
  1. Chris Wissemann (1983)[24]
Thoma Bravo Private Investment firm 2008
  1. Orlando Bravo (B.A. 1992)[25]
Runa LLC Private Beverage 2008
  1. Daniel MacCombie (2009)[26]
  2. Tyler Gage (2009)
Uproxx 2008
  1. Jarret Myer (1995)
ItsOn Technology 2008
  1. Charles Giancarlo (1979)
Aerospike Technology 2009
  1. Brian Bulkowski
New Generation Power International Energy 2010
  1. Chirinjeev Kathuria (M.D. 1988)
Gojek Private 2010
  1. Nadiem Makarim (2006)[27]
Warby Parker Private Eyewear 2010
  1. Andrew Hunt (B.A. 2004)
Rip van Wafels Food 2010
  1. Abhishek Pruisken (2010)[28]
  2. Marco De Leon (2012)[29]
Sir Kensington's (Unilever) Food 2010
  1. Scott Norton (2008)[30]
Cards Against Humanity Entertainment 2010
  1. Ben Hantoot (2009)[31]
  2. Eli Halpern (2009)
ZipRecruiter Private 2010
  1. Joe Edmonds (1992)
Scopely Private Entertainment 2011
  1. Walter Driver (B.A. 2004)
Gardenista Media 2011
  1. Julie Carlson (B.A. 1984)
XPO Logistics NYSE: XPO Logistics 2011
  1. Brad Jacobs
Teespring Clothing 2011
  1. Walker Williams (2011)[32]
  2. Evan Stites-Clayton (2011)
Venture for America Non-profit 2011
  1. Andrew Yang (1996)
Crisis Text Line Non-profit Crisis intervention 2013
  1. Nancy Lublin (1993)[33]
WalletHub 2013
  1. Odysseas Papadimitriou[34]
Doppler Labs Private Technology 2013
  1. Noah Kraft (B.A. 2009)
Body Labs (Amazon) Technology 2013
  1. William O'Farrell (1984)
  2. Alex Weiss (B.Sc. 2008)
  3. Eric Rachlin (B.Sc. 2003; M.Sc. 2006; Ph.D. 2010)
Exo Inc. Food 2013
  1. Gabi Lewis[35]
  2. Greg Sewitz
Obi Worldphone Private Technology 2014
  1. John Sculley (B.A. 1961)[22]
Casper NYSE: CSPR Sleep products 2014
  1. Neil Parikh (2011)[36][37]
  2. T. Luke Sherwin (2012)
  3. Gabe Flateman (2012)
Away Private Travel accessories 2015
  1. Steph Korey (B.A. 2009)
Fatherly Lifestyle 2015
  1. Michael Rothman
GetThru 2016
  1. Daniel Souweine (B.A. 2001)
Ritual Health 2016
  1. Katerina Schneider (B.Sc. 2007)[38]
Figma Technology 2016
  1. Evan Wallace (2012)[39]
  2. Dylan Field
Wyze Labs Technology 2017
  1. Elana Fishman (2005)[40]
Speechify Technology 2017
  1. Cliff Weitzman (2016)
Ethos Capital Investment firm 2019
  1. Erik Brooks (1989)

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