Tech Founders: The Visionaries

Explanation: Steve Jobs co-founded Apple in his parents' garage with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The company became the first to reach a $3 trillion valuation.

Explanation: Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen. Windows and Office made Microsoft one of the most influential companies in computing history.

Explanation: Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook (now Meta) in 2004 from his Harvard dorm. The network now has nearly 3 billion monthly active users.

Explanation: Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994 in his Seattle garage. Started as an online bookstore, the company became the world's largest e-commerce site and cloud computing leader.

Explanation: Elon Musk joined Tesla in 2004 as chairman before becoming CEO. Tesla has become the car manufacturer with the highest market capitalization in the world.

Explanation: Apple was founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. The first product was the Apple I, a computer sold for $666.66.

Explanation: Larry Page and Sergey Brin created Google in 1998 in a Menlo Park garage. The name comes from "googol," the number 1 followed by 100 zeros, symbolizing their ambition to organize the world's information.

Explanation: Jack Ma founded Alibaba in 1999 in his Hangzhou apartment with 17 co-founders. The company became Asia's e-commerce giant, rivaling Amazon.

Explanation: Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and colonizing Mars. SpaceX became the first private company to send astronauts to the ISS.

Explanation: Jack Dorsey co-founded Twitter in 2006. The first tweet ever was "just setting up my twttr." The platform was acquired by Elon Musk in 2022 and renamed X.

Explanation: Google used this motto from 2000 to 2015, before replacing it with "Do the right thing" during the Alphabet restructuring.

Explanation: Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph founded Netflix in 1997. The company pivoted to streaming in 2007, revolutionizing entertainment.

Explanation: Jensen Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993. Thanks to the AI revolution, Nvidia surpassed $3 trillion in market cap in 2024.

Explanation: Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp founded Uber in 2009 in San Francisco. The app now operates in over 70 countries.

Explanation: Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk founded Airbnb in 2008 in San Francisco, by renting air mattresses in their apartment.