List of companies founded by University of Pennsylvania alumni

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'''This is an list of companies founded by [[University of Pennsylvania]] alumni''', including attendees who enrolled in degree-programs at University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) but did not eventually graduate. This list is not exhaustive, as it only includes notable [[Company|companies]] of which the founding and development history is well recorded by reliable sources.

UPenn is a highly entrepreneurial university and its alumni have founded a variety of companies.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> According to [[PitchBook Data|PitchBook]], from 2006 to 2017, UPenn produced 788 company founders as alumni or current students, creating 712 companies, fifth most among all universities in the world.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

In this list, founders of a company which later dissolved into several other successor companies are not counted as the founders of those successor companies; however, founders of a company which merged with other companies to form a new company is counted as the founders of the new company. In addition, [[Subsidiary|subsidiaries]] are listed with their owner in parentheses.

== Year 2000 - Present ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Company
!Type
!Stock
!Category
!Year Founded
!Total Founders
!Founder/Co-founder from UPenn
|-
|[[OpenAI]]
|Non-profit
|
|Technology
|2015
|2<ref> Crunchbase|website=Crunchbase|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>
|
# Co-founder [[Elon Musk]] (B.A)<ref name=":3"></ref>
|-
|[[SpaceX]]
|Private
|
|Aerospace/Technology
|2002
|1<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|
# [[Elon Musk]] (B.A)<ref name=":32"></ref>
|-
|[[The Boring Company]]
|Private
|
|Technology
|2016
|1<ref> Crunchbase|website=Crunchbase|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>
|
# [[Elon Musk]] (B.A)<ref name=":33"></ref>
|-
|[[X.com]]
—> [[PayPal]]
|Merged
—> Public
|NASDAQ: PYPL
|Financial Services
|1999 (X.com)
|1<ref name=":15">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> (X.com)
|
# [[Elon Musk]] (B.A)<ref name=":34"></ref>
|}

== Year 1980 - 1999 ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Company
!Type
!Stock
!Category
!Year Founded
!Total Founders
!Founder/Co-founder from UPenn
|-
|[[BlackRock]]
|Public
|NYSE: BLK
|Investment Management
|1988
|8<ref> BlackRock|website=BlackRock|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref>
|
# Co-founder [[Robert S. Kapito]] (B.S)<ref> BlackRock|website=BlackRock|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref>
|}

== Year 1960 - 1979 ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Company
!Type
!Stock
!Category
!Year Founded
!Total Founders
!Founder/Co-founder from UPenn
|-
|[[Comcast]]
|Public
|NASDAQ: CMCSA
|Telecom
|1963
|3<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|
# Co-founder [[Ralph J. Roberts]] (B.A)<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
# Co-founder [[Julian A. Brodsky]] (B.A)<ref></ref><ref></ref>
|}

== Before 1960 ==

== Notable Defunct & Dissolved ==

== See also ==

* [[List of companies founded by Harvard University alumni]]
* [[List of companies founded by MIT alumni]]
* [[List of companies founded by Stanford University alumni]]
* [[List of companies founded by UC Berkeley alumni]]
* [[List of University of Pennsylvania people]]
* [[List of Wharton School alumni]]

== Reference ==

May 19, 2018 at 12:17PM