Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook at the age of 19, but this is the exception rather than the rule when it comes to successful founders. Most successful founders in the United States have tended to be over 40 years old when launching their company. As of 2018, the average age of the top 0.1 percent of startups in term of growth was 45 years.
Average age of founders of highest growth startups in the United States as of 2018
(in years)
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Center for American Entrepreneurship. (January 6, 2020). Average age of founders of highest growth startups in the United States as of 2018 (in years) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220545/founder-age-startups-usa/
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Center for American Entrepreneurship. (2020). Average age of founders of highest growth startups in the United States as of 2018 (in years). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220545/founder-age-startups-usa/
Center for American Entrepreneurship. "Average Age of Founders of Highest Growth Startups in The United States as of 2018 (in Years)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220545/founder-age-startups-usa/
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Average age of founders of highest growth startups in the United States as of 2018 (in years) [Graph], Center for American Entrepreneurship, January 6, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220545/founder-age-startups-usa/
