The Interconnected World of Tech Companies

The INTERCONNECTED WORLD of TECH COMPANIES GLASS DOOR 2007 EXPEDIA ZILLOW 1999 2005 Co-founded by former Microsoft employees RICH BARTON & ROBERT HOHMAN Co-founded within Microsoft by former Microsoft employees including Co-founded by former Microsoft employees RICH BARTON REAL HUBPAGES 2006 & LLOYD FINK NETWORKS RICH BARTON 1995 Founded by former Microsoft employee PAUL EDMONDSON >>>>>>>> Founded by former Microsoft employee k<<<>>>>>>>>>>>> ROB GLASER Founded by <<<<< Microsoft CEO <<<<<<<<<<<>>> 2005 >>>>>>> Co-founded by former Microsoft employees ALEX DENEVI & SHAN SINHA <<<<« ks<<<<< <««<<<<<<< FOG CREEK SOFTWARE DOCVERSE Co-founded by former Microsoft employees Acquired by MICROSOFT 2007 2000 DARRIN MASSENA & MIKE HARRINGTON 2007 <<<<<<<« Acquired by MICROSOFT 1998 TELLME PICNIK NETWORKS 2005 1999 Acquired by Acquired by GOOGLE MICROSOFT 1998 2010 Acquired by LINK GOOGLE EXCHANGE 2010 1996 Founded by ANGUS DAVIS & MIKE MCCUE Founded by Founded by former Microsoft employee TONY HSIEH ANGUS DAVIS Co-founded by former Microsoft employee ZAPPOS MIKE MCCUE 1999 SWIPELY 2009 AMAZON 1995 HOTMAIL Acquired by AMAZON 1996 FLIPBOARD 2009 2010 Founded by former Apple employees NEXT Acquired by MICROSOFT 1985 SABEER BHATIA & JACK SMITH 2011 <<<<<< Co-founded by former Apple employee EVAN DOLL Acquired by SKYPE PIXAR <<<<<<<<• DISNEY 2006 2003 Founded by Apple CEO STEVE JOBS 1986 «<<<<<<<<<<< Acquired by EBAY 2005 DISNEY APPLE 1923 1976 Co-founded by former Apple employee DAVE MORIN kcccce PATH 2010 Founded by former Apple employee Founded by former Microsoft employee ANDY RUBIN SHUBHAM MITTAL Founded by former Apple employee Founded by former Apple employee REID HOFFMAN SACHIN AGARWAL Co-founded by former Facebook employee HAWTHORNE LABS DAVE MORIN 2009 POSTEROUS 2008 ANDROID 2003 LINKEDIN Founded by former Google employee 2003 SHUBHAM MITTAL Founded by former PayPal employee Acquired by FACEBOOK FACEBOOK 2004 2010 REID HOFFMAN ">» Co-founded by Facebook co-founder CHRIS HUGHES >>>>>> Acquired by GOOGLE JUMO 2010 2005 <<<<<<* Acquired by FACEBOOK Acquired by Founded by former employee JUSTIN ROSENSTEIN FACEBOOK 2009 2011 FRIEND ASANA BELUGA CHAI LABS FEED 2008 2010 2007 2010 Founded by former Google employees BEN DAVENPORT, Acquired by Founded by former Google employee GOOGLE 2010 LUCY ZHANG JUSTIN ROSENSTEIN & JONATHAN PERLOW Founded by former Google employee Co-founded by Adsense exec REMAIL PAUL BUCHHEIT GOKUL RAJARAM 2008 >>>>>>>>>>1 Founded by former Google employee >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GABOR CSELLE Co-founded by former Google employee INSTAGRAM « GOOGLE 2005 KEVIN SYSTROM 1998 Acquired by GOOGLE 2005 DODGEBALL Founded by former Google employees OTHMAN LARAKI 2000 Founded by former Google employees Founded SANJAY RAMAN, Google JASON LIEBMAN & ELAD GILL Acquired by GOOGLE 2005 Founded by former Google employees by former employees NATHAN STOLL J.D. Founded by DENNIS & DARLENE & AARON IBA LIEBMAN & MAX VENTILLA ZAMFIRESCU MIXER CROWLEY BLOGGER I LABS PYRA LABS 2009 1999 AARDVARK MECHANICAL APPJET zoo 2007 HOWCAST 2007 2008 FOURSQUARE 2009 Acquired by Founded by Acquired by GOOGLE GOOGLE EVAN Acquired by 2009 WILLIAMS 2010 TWITTER 2009 Founded by former Blogger employee JASON SHELLEN Acquired by ««« AOL ««« AOL BRIZZLY TWITTER 2009 1983 2010 2006 Founded by >>>>>>>>>>>>> former Ebay employee ANTHONY NEMITZ SWIPEGOOD 2010 Founded by GILT 7>>>>>>>> former Ebay employee >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ALEXIS MAYBANK GROUPE 2007 Acquired by GOOGLE EBAY 1995 2006 Acquired by YOUTUBE GOOGLE 2005 2010 SPACEX YELP 2002 2004 Founded by former PayPal employees CHAD HURLEY, STEVE CHEN TESLA SLIDE MOTORS 2005 2003 & JAWED KARIM Founded by former PayPal employees Founded by PayPal co-founder JEREMY Founded by PayPal co-founder ELON MUSK MAX LEVCHIN STOPPELMAN & RUSSEL SIMMONS DIGG 2004 Founded by former PayPal employee KEVIN ROSE Acquired by EBAY PAYPAL 2002 1998 INFOGRAPHIC DESIGN BY: Mashable Infographics RESEARCH BY: Sarah Kessler @nick_sigler <<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<- >>>>>>. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>. <<<<<<<<<><<<<<<>>: «««««« >>>>>>>>>