Adam Guild
American technology entrepreneur
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Adam Harrison Guild (born October 1, 1999)[1] is an American technology entrepreneur known for being the co-founder and CEO of Owner.com.[2][3] His company provides an online infrastructure platform for restaurant operations.[4]
Adam Guild | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 1, 1999 |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Owner.com |
| Awards | Forbes 30 under 30 2021 |
Guild first got the idea for the technology startup after helping his mother's online dog-grooming business.[5] He launched Owner.com in 2020 to help independent restaurants by giving them more control over their deliveries, customer data and overall business.[3] Through its AI technology,[6] he has increased their profit margins by reducing their reliance on high fee third-party food delivery apps.[5][7][8][1][9] The company raised $120 million in 2025 and is valued at $1 billion.[10][11]
Early life and education
Adam Harrison Guild was born in the United States on October 1, 1999, and grew up in Los Angeles, California. Raised initially in a two-parent household, his family experienced significant changes around the time he turned 12, including his parents' divorce, which contributed to a challenging emotional period during his early adolescence.[12][13]
Guild attended high school in the United States where he began developing his interest in technology during his early teenage years. By age 12, around the seventh grade, he launched a Minecraft server that quickly grew into a significant project, consuming much of his time and attention.[14] Guild dropped out of high school halfway through the 10th grade at age 16, primarily to focus on scaling his Minecraft server business, which had already attracted millions of users and generated substantial revenue.
The decision was driven by his obsession with the project, which he described as having "totally consumed my life," leaving little room for formal schooling.[9][14] Following his dropout, Adam Guild pursued self-directed education to compensate for the absence of structured schooling, committing to a rigorous regimen of reading over 100 books per year on business and related topics, listening to thousands of hours of podcasts, and enrolling in online courses from institutions like Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan School of Management.[14][15]
Personal life
Guild lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. His younger brother is Topper Guild, who has more than 84 million subscribers as of January 2026 on YouTube.[14]
Awards and recognitions
Guild has been recognized in the Forbes 30 under 30 list and is a Thiel Fellow.[15][16][17]