Stanford study: median unicorn founder age is 34 across 1,540 US unicorns
arthurcolle · x · 2026-11-05
Stanford GSB Venture Capital Initiative analyzed 3,586 founders of 1,540 US VC-backed unicorns: three out of four started between 25 and 45, median age at founding is 34, average almost 36. The poster adds he founded Distributed at 32.
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