Paul Graham
1964 – ? British, American programmer, investor, essayist
Co-founder of Y Combinator and startup essayist.
- Religion
- Not publicly documented.
- Affiliations
- Co-founded Viaweb and the startup accelerator Y Combinator; an influential essayist on startups.
Paul Graham sold his early web startup Viaweb to Yahoo, then co-founded Y Combinator in 2005. The accelerator seeded companies including Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox and Reddit. His essays shaped a generation of founders.
Connections
- mentor of Brian Chesky — Y Combinator funded and mentored Airbnb.
- student of Brian Chesky — Y Combinator funded and mentored Airbnb's founders.
- mentor of Sam Altman — Backed Altman at Y Combinator and named him its president.
- student of Sam Altman — Graham's Y Combinator launched and mentored Altman.