10 amazing US-based startups founded by immigrants from emerging markets

An article published by The Economist earlier this year, quoted research by the pressure group, Partnership for a New American Economy, which found that some 40% of Fortune 500 firms were founded by immigrants or their children. An earlier report in 2011 entitled Immigrant Founders and Key Personnel in America’s 50 Top Venture-Funded Companies concluded that more than half of America’s top 50 private venture-funded companies — as ranked by Down Jones VentureSource — were founded by immigrants.

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