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Privately held companies based in San Francisco

  • Iconiq CapitalDivesh Makan, Michael Anders and Chad Boeding established Iconiq in December 2011 within San Francisco. The trio had previously served as wealth advisors at…
  • Fandom (website)On the 18th of October 2004, at 23:50:49 UTC, a website named Wikicities launched under the leadership of Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley Starling.
  • Academia.eduRichard Price launched Academia.edu in 2008 as a commercial platform for sharing academic research. The site registered its domain name in 1999 when the .edu…
  • DatabricksIn 2013, seven researchers from the University of California Berkeley gathered to launch a new company. Ali Ghodsi, Andy Konwinski, Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji…
  • Kimpton Hotels & RestaurantsBill Kimpton opened the first property in 1981. This San Francisco-based hotel and restaurant group grew to become the largest chain of boutique hotels in…