Stripe
Offers payment-processing software and application programming interfaces for e-commerce websites and mobile apps.
Industry
Software
Year Founded
2009
Location
San Francisco, California
Leadership
Patrick Collison
Website
Best-Led Companies
No. 5 (2021)
SpaceX
An American aerospace manufacturer creating orbital-class rockets capable of carrying humans to Mars.
Industry
Logistics & Transportation
Year Founded
2002
Location
Hawthorne, California
Leadership
Elon Musk
Website
Best-Led Companies
No. 6 (2021)
Cloudflare
An American web infrastructure and website security company providing content delivery network and DDoS mitigation services.
Industry
Security
Year Founded
2009
Location
San Francisco, California
Leadership
Matthew Prince
Website
Ticker
NYS : NET
Best-Led Companies
No. 7 (2021)
Dropbox
A file-hosting service offering cloud storage, file synchronization, and personal cloud and client software.
Industry
IT Management
Year Founded
2007
Location
San Francisco, California
Leadership
Drew Houston
Website
Ticker
NAS : DBX
Best-Led Companies
No. 9 (2021)