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Everyone thinks computer science creates the best founders. But look at the number of elite founders, operators, and investors who studied philosophy: Peter Thiel — PayPal, Palantir Reid Hoffman — LinkedIn Stewart Butterfield — Slack, Flickr Alex Karp — Palantir Patrick Byrne — Overstock Carly Fiorina — Hewlett-Packard John Mackey — Whole Foods George Soros — Soros Fund Management Damon Horowitz — Google, Aardvark Nick Bostrom — Future of Humanity Institute Tom Morris — philosopher turned business strategist Esther Dyson — investor and tech operator Naval Ravikant — AngelList (deeply influenced by philosophy) Marc Andreessen — heavily shaped by philosophical and political theory Elon Musk — studied physics, but openly credits philosophy for first-principles thinking Sam Altman — frequently references philosophy, ethics, and epistemology in company building Vitalik Buterin — Ethereum, deeply rooted in political and philosophical thought Charlie Munger — built Berkshire Hathaway’s worldview around philosophy and mental models Ray Dalio — Bridgewater, obsessed with epistemology and truth-seeking René Girard — not a founder, but massively influential on Silicon Valley thinkers and investors The best founders aren’t just technical. They also understand: incentives truth human behavior persuasion ethics power coordination narrative decision making under uncertainty how people form beliefs how institutions behave how to think independently Business is closer to applied philosophy than people think.