Every other founder is virtually unknown before they become known. Is he unknown because he lives in China and didn't attend Stanford? What does it mean that he is Unknown?
Not really. Tesla's founder was well known, for example (as a founder and exiter of another company). Ditto for the founder of NeXT.
And "unknown" here also means not born with a silver spoon, no heir, no previous positions eg. as CEO/CTO somewhere, no major tech connections, etc.
>Virtually Every other founder is unknown before they become known
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Tesla's original founders are indeed "unknown."