List of founders from Chicago
ChicagoName | Description | Birthdate | Birthplace | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
American physicist | March 7, 1937 | ||||
American screenwriter, director, producer and wig snatcher. | January 13, 1970 | ||||
American politician, senator, and u.s. secretary of state | October 26, 1947 | ||||
Sam Altman is an investor and entrepreneur. He is the founder of companies OpenAI, Hydrazine Capital, Loopt, Tools for Humanity, AltC Acquisition Corp., and Apollo. Altman served as the president of Y Combinator from 2014 to 2019. | April 22, 1985 | ||||
Founder of Disneyland & Disney Brothers Studio | December 5, 1901 | ||||
American film director and screenwriter | December 5, 1901 | ||||
Sam Zell was an American billionaire investor and the founder of Equity Group Investments, Equity Residential, Equity International, Equity LifeStyle Properties, and Equity Office Properties Trust. | September 28, 1941 | ||||
American-british film, television and theatre actress, activist and writer | August 9, 1968 | ||||
American writer | September 1, 1875 | ||||
Max Arciniega is an American actor known for his roles in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. | April 28, 1978 | ||||
Founding Partner at Rivet Ventures, entrepreneur, and angel investor. | |||||
American Singer/Songwriter | January 8, 1967 | ||||
Mark Pincus is an entrepreneur who founded Zynga. | February 13, 1966 | ||||
American filmmaker | August 11, 1947 | ||||
American writer, screenwriter & film producer, creator of Death Becomes Her, born in Illinois | May 14, 1952 | ||||
American magazine publisher | April 9, 1926 | ||||
American ice hockey player | January 25, 1962 | ||||
American record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, television producer, and trumpeter | March 14, 1933 | ||||
American talent agent | December 14, 1946 | ||||
American solar astronomer | June 29, 1868 | ||||
American businessman | September 12, 1936 | ||||
American science fiction, fantasy, horror, science and children's writer | July 10, 1931 | ||||
American data scientist and physician | |||||
Computer programmer and internet-political activist | November 8, 1986 | ||||
American economist and whistleblower | April 7, 1931 |
