Which major tech companies have Jewish founders or board members today?
Executive summary
Major, well-known technology companies do have founders or influential board members who are Jewish — examples commonly cited in public reporting include Google (Larry Page and Sergey Brin), Oracle (Larry Ellison), and Meta/Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg) — but available sources are partial, sometimes dated, and focused on prominence rather than a comprehensive, contemporaneous roster of founders and board members [1] [2] [3]. Reporting also shows a long historical Jewish presence in Silicon Valley more broadly, which helps explain recurring appearance of Jewish founders and executives across the sector [4].
1. Google / Alphabet: founders widely identified as Jewish
Multiple profiles and community summaries identify Google’s co‑founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as Jewish and list them among prominent Jewish entrepreneurs who built the company that reshaped search and advertising [1] [2]. Those sources emphasize the founders’ Jewish background as part of broader coverage of Jewish influence in tech, but they stop short of providing a current roster of Alphabet’s board membership or delineating which today’s board members are Jewish, so they support the factual claim about the founders while leaving up‑to‑date board composition to other, more targeted records [1] [2].
2. Oracle and other heavyweight founders often named as Jewish
Profiles and aggregate lists commonly include Oracle founder Larry Ellison among prominent Jewish business leaders in tech and finance [1] [4] [3]. These pieces treat Ellison as an example of a high‑profile Jewish founder in enterprise software, illustrating the pattern of Jewish entrepreneurs founding major technology firms, but again the sources emphasize personal wealth and influence rather than producing a definitive, current list of all Jewish board members across companies [1] [3].
3. Meta / Facebook: founder listed in some compilations
Some compendia of “famous Jewish entrepreneurs” cite Mark Zuckerberg as among the Jewish figures who led major technology platforms, placing Meta (formerly Facebook) on lists of companies with Jewish founders [3]. That reporting is a secondary source that groups notable individuals by background; it confirms Zuckerberg’s frequent inclusion on such lists but does not substitute for company disclosures when the question is about present board makeup versus founder identity [3].
4. Historical and communal context: Jewish presence across Silicon Valley companies
Longer features and community histories document that Jews have been “part of Silicon Valley from the start,” referencing an ecosystem in which Jewish entrepreneurs, executives and investors have repeatedly appeared across companies large and small [4]. That context explains why numerous major tech companies—past and present—count Jewish founders, executives or board members among their leadership, but such articles are descriptive rather than exhaustive rosters of “who is Jewish” on today’s boards [4].
5. Limits of available reporting and the risk of overreach
The sources assembled here are useful for identifying prominent Jewish founders commonly cited in public discourse (Google, Oracle, Meta) and for situating the pattern historically, but they are not comprehensive, contemporaneous corporate filings that confirm current board membership across the universe of “major tech companies” [1] [2] [4] [3]. Some sources are compilations or advocacy‑oriented lists that highlight notable individuals and wealth rankings [1] [3], which can reflect editorial priorities or communal agendas; other sources (like more general encyclopedic lists) may be incomplete or updated irregularly [5]. For a definitive, up‑to‑the‑minute answer about today’s board memberships, public company filings (proxy statements), corporate websites and up‑to‑date disclosures would be required — materials not supplied in the reporting assembled for this piece.