Company · Consumer Products · Music · founded 2006
Beats Electronics
Headphone and audio company co-founded by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, bought by Apple in 2014.
Of the 4 people here linked to Beats Electronics, 3 are founders and 0 are still there. 2 of them also appear at Apple. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.
4 people at Beats Electronics
Founder Past
Role
Co-founder, 2006–2014
Source
· high confidence
Music 9 / 7
Dr. Dre
Record producer; co-founder, Beats Electronics (Dr. Dre)
public housing · outsider · no college
Founder Past
Role
Co-founder and third equity partner
Source
· medium confidence. Fortune's 2014 interview calls him a co-founder of Beats and its third equity partner, and he accepts the description when asked. Revolt (https://www.revolt.tv/article/will-i-am-explains-how-he-made-millions-from-beats-by-dre) confirms the equity stake from his own account. Wikipedia's Beats page does not name him a founder, and Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine are the founders most often credited. His stake size and exact start year are not established.
Music 8 / 8
will.i.am
Founder, Black Eyed Peas; co-founder, Beats Electronics
public housing · outsider · no college
Investor Past
Role
Investor
Also at
Source
· medium confidence. Wikipedia says he earned more than $30 million from the sale of his stake when Apple acquired Beats in 2014.
Sports 8 / 6
LeBron James
NBA player and founder, SpringHill Company
poverty · outsider · no college
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