Jobs, Altman, Bansals: Founders who left their own companies

By Vivek Dubey By Vivek Dubey CNBC-TV18.com CNBC-TV18.com Published Nov 20, 2023 Published Nov 20, 2023

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Sam Altman, OpenAI

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Steve Jobs, Apple

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Jack Dorsey, Twitter

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Noah Glass, Twitter

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Travis Kalanick, Uber

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Andrew Mason, Groupon

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Jerry Yang, Yahoo

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David Neeleman, JetBlue

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Rob Kalin, Etsy

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Dov Charney, American Apparel

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Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, Blackberry

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Mark Pincus, Zynga

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Sean Rad, Tinder

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Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal, Flipkart

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