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Riskified

Riskified is an Israeli-founded, NYSE-listed technology company, trading as RSKD since 2021, that reviews e-commerce orders and reimburses merchants for approved orders that turn out fraudulent.

Rita Huang Zhen

Rita Huang Zhen (黄珍) is a Chinese entrepreneur and former Huawei and Alibaba executive who founded iMile Delivery in Dubai in 2017, a logistics company covering 30 countries.

Ritesh Arora

Ritesh Arora is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded BrowserStack, the cloud-based software testing platform, in Mumbai in 2011 with Nakul Aggarwal and serves as its chief executive officer.

RM plc

RM plc is a United Kingdom education technology company founded in Oxford in 1973 that supplies assessment software, IT services, and educational resources to schools and examination bodies.

Rob A. Rutenbar

Rob A. Rutenbar is an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur known for analog chip-design automation and, since 2017, research leadership at the University of Pittsburgh.

Rob Cunningham

Rob Cunningham is a Canadian video game executive and designer who co-founded Relic Entertainment, was art director on Homeworld (1999), and founded Blackbird Interactive in Vancouver.

Rob Runesson

Rob Runesson, also printed as Robert Runesson, is a Swedish video-game art director who co-founded Embark Studios in 2018 and served as its chief content officer until 2026.

Rob van den Heuvel

Rob van den Heuvel is a Dutch technology entrepreneur who co-founded Sendcloud in Eindhoven in 2012 and leads it as chief executive, serving more than 30,000 online merchants across Europe.

Rob Walker (electrical engineer)

Rob Walker (1935–2016) was a Silicon Valley engineer who co-founded the chip company LSI Logic in 1980 and led Stanford's Silicon Genesis oral history project.

Robert Baron (American engineer)

Robert Baron, known as Bob Baron (1934–2026), was an American engineer who founded Prime Computer, a Massachusetts minicomputer maker, and later the Denver book publisher Fulcrum Publishing.

Robert Berkowitz

Robert Berkowitz (1935–2010) was an American manufacturing executive who co-founded Prime Computer in 1972 and served as its vice president of manufacturing as it grew past 4,700 employees.

Robert C. Dobkin

Robert C. Dobkin is an American analog integrated-circuit designer who co-founded Linear Technology in 1981, designed the first three-terminal adjustable voltage regulator, and holds over 100 patents.

Robert F. Graham

Robert F. Graham, known as Bob Graham (1929–1998), was an American semiconductor equipment executive who led Novellus Systems as CEO from 1986 and chairman from 1992.

Robert Falck

Robert Falck is a Swedish entrepreneur who founded the autonomous electric freight company Einride in Stockholm in 2016 and led it as chief executive until 2025.

Robert Fermier

Robert Fermier, also credited as Rob "Xemu" Fermier, is an American video-game programmer who co-founded Irrational Games in Boston in 1997 and was lead programmer on System Shock 2.

Robert Galvin

Robert Galvin (1922–2011) was an American business executive who led Motorola, the company his father founded, from 1959, producing the first handheld cellular phone and developing Six Sigma.

Robert Gentz

Robert Gentz is a German entrepreneur who co-founded Zalando, the Berlin-based online fashion retailer, in 2008 and has led it as co-CEO, building it into Europe's leading online fashion platform serving over 60 million customers.

Robert H. Swanson Jr.

Robert H. Swanson Jr., known as Bob Swanson, is an American semiconductor executive who co-founded Linear Technology in Milpitas, California, in 1981 and led it as CEO.

Robert Hartmann (semiconductor engineer)

Robert (Bob) Hartmann is an American semiconductor engineer who co-founded Altera in 1983, served as its Vice President of Engineering until 1994, and is known as the father of programmable logic.

Robert K. Brayton

Robert K. Brayton (1933–2025) was an American engineer and mathematician, a UC Berkeley professor and pioneer of electronic design automation whose tools shaped digital circuit design.

Robert Krakoff

Robert "RazerGuy" Krakoff was an American business executive who co-founded gaming-hardware company Razer and launched the Razer Boomslang, widely called the first gaming mouse, in 1999.

Robert Kupstas

Robert Kupstas is an American-trained energy-policy specialist and entrepreneur who co-founded Pure Harvest Smart Farms, a high-tech greenhouse farming company in Abu Dhabi, in 2016.

Robert Pepper

Robert Pepper is a semiconductor executive who was president, CEO, and chairman of Level One Communications in Sacramento, selling the chipmaker to Intel in 1999 for about $2.2 billion.

Robert R. Anderson

Robert R. Anderson is an American business executive who co-founded KLA Instruments in Silicon Valley in 1975, serving as Chairman, CFO, and COO until 1994.

Robert W. Dutton

Robert W. Dutton is an American electrical engineer and Stanford professor emeritus called the father of TCAD, whose group created the SUPREM and PISCES simulators.

Robin Saxby

Sir Robin Saxby, born 1947, is a British electronic engineer who was Arm Holdings' founding CEO from 1991, built its chip licensing model, and led its 1998 flotation.

Rock Hsu

Rock Hsu (许胜雄) is a Taiwanese electronics executive who co-founded Kinpo Electronics in 1973 and chaired Compal Electronics for 32 years until 2024, now leading the Kinpo Group.

Rod Drury

Rod Drury is a New Zealand technology entrepreneur who co-founded cloud accounting software company Xero in 2006, led it as chief executive until 2018, and was knighted in 2026.

Rodolphe Ardant

Rodolphe Ardant is a French technology entrepreneur who co-founded Spendesk, the Paris-based spend management platform, in 2016 and led it as CEO to unicorn status in 2022.

Rodrigo Batista

Rodrigo Batista is a Brazilian entrepreneur who created the cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin in 2013, led it as CEO until selling his stake in 2019, and founded the global exchange Digitra.com.