| 1T | “a trillion” | Huang: NVIDIA now designs chips with up to a trillion transistors | Jensen Huang | May 18, 2026 | Supported |
| 600B | “six hundred billion” | The US insurance market sees $1.2 trillion in annual written premiums | Jennifer Fitzgerald | May 24, 2021 | Supported |
| 200B | “two hundred billion” | Huang: NVIDIA now designs chips with up to a trillion transistors | Jensen Huang | May 18, 2026 | Supported |
| 120B | “a hundred twenty billion” | LaFleur: Professional women's apparel is a $100B–$120B market | Sarah LaFleur | Jan 10, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 120B | “a hundred twenty billion” | LaFleur: Corporate women's workwear is a $100B to $120B market | Sarah LaFleur | Feb 3, 2020 | Contradicted |
| 100B | “a hundred Billion” | Ferguson: Americans take nearly 100 billion personal vehicle trips annually for errands | Dave Ferguson | Jan 19, 2023 | Supported |
| 100B | “a hundred billion” | Veksler: US inclusive-size apparel market is about $100 billion | Polina Veksler | Aug 11, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 100B | “a hundred billion” | High-growth companies like Stripe and SpaceX no longer need IPOs | Matt Mullenweg | Mar 21, 2022 | — |
| 100B | “a hundred billion” | Hyman aimed to build Rent the Runway into a $100 billion company | Jenn Hyman | Nov 15, 2018 | Open |
| 80B | “eighty billion” | The US wastes 80 billion pounds of food annually, says Crowe-Houston | Jasmine Crowe-Houston | Nov 24, 2022 | Supported |
| 66B | “sixty-six billion” | Ethan Brown states 66 billion animals are slaughtered globally each year | Ethan Brown | Feb 16, 2017 | Partly supported |
| 61B | “a sixty billion” | The Global Palm Oil Industry Was Valued at $60 Billion in 2016 | Shara Ticku | Jun 15, 2023 | Supported |
| 50B | “fifty billion” | Weiss: Global Beauty Market Will Reach $750B in Six Years | Emily Weiss | Nov 26, 2018 | Didn’t hold up |
| 43B | “a forty two billion” | Goodwin: Soda is a $42B US industry with 97% household penetration | Ben Goodwin | Sep 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 41B | “a forty billion” | The US Footwear Market Was $40 Billion Annually When Zappos Pitched | Tony Hsieh | Jan 23, 2017 | Supported |
| 40B | “forty billion” | Case: Merged AOL Time Warner Reached $40B Revenue and $10B Profit | Steve Case | Apr 3, 2017 | Partly supported |
| 31B | “a thirty billion” | Kaye: The bedding market was a $30 billion unbranded industry in 2012 | Ariel Kaye | Feb 5, 2024 | Supported |
| 21B | “twenty-one billion” | Ells: Chipotle's peak market valuation reached $21 billion | Steve Ells | Oct 30, 2017 | Partly supported |
| 20B | “twenty billion” | Zwillinger: 20 billion shoes made annually; Americans buy eight pairs yearly | Joey Zwillinger | Jun 10, 2019 | Supported |
| 20B | “twenty billion” | Stein: Betterment expected $18B to $20B in AUM by late 2018 | Jon Stein | Oct 29, 2018 | Didn’t hold up |
| 13B | “a twelve billion” | Home gardening is a $20 billion market led by Scotts Miracle-Gro | Alejandro Velez | Nov 8, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 11B | “eleven billion” | Kana Communications peaked at an $11 billion market cap | Mark Gainey | May 2, 2022 | Supported |
| 10B | “ten billion” | Carbon removal will become a trillion-dollar industry at $100-$200 per ton | Shashank Samala | Feb 8, 2024 | — |
| 10B | “ten billion” | Wurzbacher: Removing 10B tons of CO2 via trees requires Europe-sized land | Jan Wurzbacher | Jun 30, 2022 | Supported |
| 10B | “ten billion” | Case: Merged AOL Time Warner Reached $40B Revenue and $10B Profit | Steve Case | Apr 3, 2017 | Partly supported |
| 9.6B | “9.6 billion” | Zillow website views surged from 1.5 billion in 2019 to 9.6 billion | Guy Raz | Jun 14, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 8B | “eight billion” | Ombres: US market for wigs and hair extensions is $8 billion | Allison Ombres | Jan 22, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 7.7B | “a 6.7 billion” | Rubin: Fanatics Commerce division grew from $250M to $6.7B in revenue | Michael Rubin | Jan 27, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 7B | “seven billion” | Cliffton: Global logistics effectively serves only one billion people | Keller Rinaudo Cliffton | Jul 13, 2023 | — |
| 6.8B | “a 5.8 billion” | Scaringe: Rivian signed a $5.8B software deal with Volkswagen Group | RJ Scaringe | May 15, 2025 | — |
| 6B | “six billion” | Raz: Discord sees four billion voice minutes and six billion messages daily | Guy Raz | Mar 7, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 5.7B | “5.7 billion” | Cuban: Yahoo Acquired Broadcast.com for $5.7 Billion in Stock | Mark Cuban | Dec 5, 2016 | Supported |
| 5.3B | “5.3 billion” | Saban: Sold Fox Family Worldwide for $5.3 billion | Haim Saban | Mar 27, 2017 | Supported |
| 5B | “five billion” | Patel: Passed PE Consumer Deals Are Worth Over $5 Billion Today | Vijen Patel | Oct 6, 2025 | — |
| 5B | “a four billion” | Snyder: Toothbrush market is $4 billion and water flosser market is $1.2 billion | Bryn Snyder | May 16, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 5B | “five billion” | Elkabetz: Over Five Billion People Live Outside Weather Radar Coverage | Shimon Elkabetz | Nov 10, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 5B | “five billion” | Case: Merged AOL Time Warner Reached $40B Revenue and $10B Profit | Steve Case | Apr 3, 2017 | Partly supported |
| 4B | “four billion” | Raz: Discord sees four billion voice minutes and six billion messages daily | Guy Raz | Mar 7, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 3B | “three billion” | Hedrick: US Cowboy Boot Industry Was Sized at Over $3B | Paul Hedrick | May 19, 2025 | — |
| 3B | “a two billion” | Weprin: Graduate Hotels would have been a $2B portfolio without COVID | Ben Weprin | Sep 23, 2024 | — |
| 3B | “three billion” | Dhar Mann Studios amassed three billion Facebook views by late 2019 | Dhar Mann | Apr 29, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 3B | “a two billion” | Lin: eBay's fashion division was a $2 billion business | Sandra Oh Lin | Dec 25, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 3B | “a two billion” | Blue Apron's valuation collapse instantly dried up VC for subscription box startups | Mike Salguero | Oct 3, 2022 | Supported |
| 3B | “three billion” | Baszucki: Roblox has $3B in cash and generates cash | David Baszucki | Aug 15, 2022 | Supported |
| 3B | “three billion” | Kickstarter has surpassed $3 billion in total project pledges | Perry Chen | Dec 31, 2018 | Supported |
| 3B | “three billion” | Kickstarter surpassed $3 billion in cumulative pledged project funding by 2017 | Perry Chen | Jul 31, 2017 | Supported |
| 2.6B | “2.6 billion” | Zennström: eBay Acquired Skype for $2.6B Upfront Plus a $500M Earn-Out | Niklas Zennström | Mar 17, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 2.4B | “2.4 billion” | Friesen: Roughly 2.4 billion people lack access to safe water at home | Cody Friesen | Sep 15, 2022 | Supported |
| 2.3B | “a 1.3 billion” | Horan: Life jackets are a $1.3B market, boating accessories $16B | Amanda Horan | Dec 18, 2025 | Supported |
| 2.3B | “2.3 billion” | Tarte Cosmetics was valued at $2.3 billion in 2020 | Maureen Kelly | Jan 23, 2023 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 2.1B | “2.1 billion” | Fitbit's tracker revenue plummeted by $800 million shortly after its peak | James Park | Apr 27, 2020 | Supported |
| 2B | “two billion” | Koch: Boston Beer reached 8 million barrels and $2 billion in sales | Jim Koch | Aug 8, 2024 | Supported |
| 2B | “two billion” | Dhar Mann Studios amassed three billion Facebook views by late 2019 | Dhar Mann | Apr 29, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 2B | “two billion” | Smartphones under $25 put Androids in two billion emerging market hands | Shivani Siroya | Nov 17, 2022 | Supported |
| 2B | “two billion” | Saban countered Fox's $500 million valuation of his stake at $2 billion | Haim Saban | Mar 27, 2017 | — |
| 1.9B | “1.9 billion” | Saban: Fox Paid $1.9 Billion to Acquire Pat Robertson's Family Channel | Haim Saban | Mar 27, 2017 | Supported |
| 1.8B | “1.8 billion” | Bain Capital acquired Gymboree for $1.8 billion in 2010 | Joan Barnes | Jan 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 1.7B | “1.7 billion” | Squarespace raised $200M in late 2017 at a $1.7B valuation | Guy Raz | Mar 4, 2019 | Supported |
| 1.6B | “1.6 billion” | Zennström: Skype Was the Largest Post-Dot-Com Internet Acquisition Globally | Niklas Zennström | Mar 17, 2025 | Supported |
| 1.5B | “a half billion” | Clark: Payless ShoeSource was a $2.5B business with 4,500 stores | Maxine Clark | Jun 15, 2026 | Supported |
| 1.5B | “a half billion” | Zennström: Microsoft Acquired Skype for $8.5 Billion in 2011 | Niklas Zennström | Mar 17, 2025 | Supported |
| 1.5B | “a half billion” | Bark Holds a Ten Percent Share of the Dog Toy Market | Matt Meeker | Nov 4, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 1.5B | “a half billion” | Raz: Groupon closed its first day of trading valued at $12.5 billion | Guy Raz | Sep 9, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 1.5B | “half a billion” | Nick Green: Thrive Market surpassed half a billion dollars in 2023 sales | Nick Green | Aug 12, 2024 | — |
| 1.5B | “half a billion” | Maldonado: Chomps is approaching $500M in retail sales in 2024 | Pete Maldonado | May 2, 2024 | Held up |
| 1.5B | “a half billion” | The US mayonnaise market is $2.5 billion annually, dwarfing ketchup | Mark Sisson | Mar 11, 2024 | Supported |
| 1.5B | “a half billion” | Founders project Primary will scale into a billion-dollar apparel brand | Christina Carbonell | Jan 15, 2024 | — |
| 1.5B | “a half billion” | Scaringe: Less than 2% of the world's 1.5B cars are electric | RJ Scaringe | Sep 12, 2022 | Supported |
| 1.5B | “a half billion” | Scaringe: Tesla's success helps Rivian rather than hurting it | RJ Scaringe | Sep 12, 2022 | — |
| 1.5B | “1.5 billion” | Zillow website views surged from 1.5 billion in 2019 to 9.6 billion | Guy Raz | Jun 14, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 1.5B | “a half billion” | Saban personally cleared $1.5 billion from the Fox Family sale to Disney | Haim Saban | Sep 24, 2018 | — |
| 1.5B | “half a billion” | YouTube founders each received half a billion dollars in 2006 Google sale | Guy Raz | Feb 26, 2018 | Contradicted |
| 1.5B | “half a billion” | Saban countered Fox's $500 million valuation of his stake at $2 billion | Haim Saban | Mar 27, 2017 | — |
| 1.5B | “a half billion” | Saban: Walked away with $1.5 billion from Fox Family sale | Haim Saban | Mar 27, 2017 | Supported |
| 1.5B | “a half billion” | Goodwin: Olipop Gross Revenue Tops $500M, Targeting $1 Billion | Ben Goodwin | Sep 3, 2026 | — |
| 1.3B | “1.3 billion” | Guy Raz: Groupon raised at a $1.3B valuation in April 2010 | Guy Raz | Sep 9, 2024 | Supported |
| 1.3B | “a quarter billion” | Kim Jordan: New Belgium Brewing generates about a quarter-billion in annual revenue | Kim Jordan | Sep 10, 2018 | Partly supported |
| 1.2B | “1.2 billion” | Snyder: Toothbrush market is $4 billion and water flosser market is $1.2 billion | Bryn Snyder | May 16, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 1.2B | “1.2 billion” | Air Lease Corp raised $1.2B within weeks of launching | Steven Udvar-Hazy | Sep 4, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 1.2B | “1.2 billion” | Crate & Barrel generates about $1.2 billion annually with 7,000 employees | Gordon Segal | Nov 18, 2019 | Supported |
| 1.2B | “1.2 billion” | Canion: Compaq doubled sales to $1.2B with desktop 3x faster than IBM | Rod Canion | Mar 25, 2019 | Supported |
| 1.2B | “1.2 billion” | Compaq reached $1.2 billion in 1987 with a faster, cheaper desktop | Rod Canion | May 22, 2017 | Supported |
| 1.2B | “1.2 billion” | Crate & Barrel ultimately grew to $1.2 billion in annual retail sales | Gordon Segal | Feb 20, 2017 | Supported |
| 1.1B | “1.1 billion” | Curt Richardson: OtterBox reached $1.1 billion in peak revenue | Curt Richardson | Jul 23, 2026 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | MadeGood Generates Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Annual Revenue | Nima Fotovat | Aug 10, 2026 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Huang: Seagrass Pottery cannot reach $1B scale without franchising locations | Che Wong | May 14, 2026 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Jet.com reached a $1B revenue run rate within 10 months of launching | Marc Lore | Mar 30, 2026 | Supported |
| 1B | “one billion” | O'Hayer: Whole Foods operated as 11 independent regional buyers in 2009 | Matt O'Hayer | Mar 23, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Hastings: Taking 20% of store revenue guaranteed Blockbuster's retail collapse | Reed Hastings | Feb 9, 2026 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Gordon: In 2019, Babylist First Looked Like a Billion-Dollar Business | Natalie Gordon | Nov 3, 2025 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Chobani generated $1 billion in five years with zero outside capital | Hamdi Ulukaya | Jul 14, 2025 | Supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Riccobono: UNTUCKit will become a billion-dollar brand | Chris Riccobono | Jun 23, 2025 | Open |
| 1B | “a billion” | DTC apparel brands must enter wholesale to reach billion-dollar scale | Chris Riccobono | Jun 23, 2025 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | McKenzie: Tech sector believed a billion-dollar company for writers was impossible | Hamish McKenzie | May 12, 2025 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Food Investors Now Seek Companies With Billion-Dollar Potential | Jeni Britton | Mar 27, 2025 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Zennström: Skype Was the Largest Post-Dot-Com Internet Acquisition Globally | Niklas Zennström | Mar 17, 2025 | Supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | $20M More Capital Could Have Yielded a $1 Billion Viator Exit | Rod Cuthbert | Oct 14, 2024 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Kaye: VCs initially rejected Parachute's pitch for a billion-dollar bedding brand | Ariel Kaye | Aug 29, 2024 | — |
| 1B | “one billion” | Dhar Mann Studios amassed three billion Facebook views by late 2019 | Dhar Mann | Apr 29, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Urban rejected scaling Whole30 to $100M because the strategies felt 'gross' | Melissa Urban | Apr 1, 2024 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | The US mayonnaise market is $2.5 billion annually, dwarfing ketchup | Mark Sisson | Mar 11, 2024 | Supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Sila CEO Gene Berdichevsky discloses three billion dollar valuation | Gene Berdachevsky | Mar 7, 2024 | — |
| 1B | “one billion” | Ben-Shitrit: Global cow population consumes more food and water than humans | Eshchar Ben-Shitrit | Sep 28, 2023 | Supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | ILFC had just made a $1B profit before the AIG crisis hit | Steven Udvar-Hazy | Sep 4, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Tom Rinks: Sun Bum has grown into a billion-dollar brand | Tom Rinks | Mar 27, 2023 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Basch: 40% of global food is wasted, generating 10% of emissions | Lucie Basch | Mar 9, 2023 | Supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Harari: Bakugan became a $1B franchise across 150 countries | Ronnen Harary | Dec 20, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Marshall: Traditional NASA satellites average approximately $1 billion in cost | Will Marshall | Dec 13, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Afeyan: Moderna scaled from 1,000 to one billion doses in one year | Noubar Afeyan | Oct 11, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Tyler Toney: Dude Perfect's Early GMC Campaign Generated Over 1 Billion Impressions | Tyler Toney | Sep 20, 2021 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 1B | “a billion” | Lore: Jet.com reached a $1B revenue run rate in 10 months | Marc Lore | May 17, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Kadakia: ClassPass Reached a Billion-Dollar Valuation in January 2020 | Guy Raz | Jun 29, 2020 | Supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Davis Smith: Cotopaxi can become a billion-dollar business | Davis Smith | May 4, 2020 | Open |
| 1B | “a billion” | Instagram grew from 40M users at acquisition to over 1B | Kevin Systrom | Dec 19, 2019 | Supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Tobaccowala: VCs Forced Evite Sale After Dot-Com Crash Erased Valuations | Selina Tobaccowala | Nov 11, 2019 | — |
| 1B | “A billion” | Raz: Kylie Cosmetics reaches billion-dollar valuation with seven full-time employees | Guy Raz | Aug 5, 2019 | Supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Liu: The Knot hit $32 stock and $1B cap after WeddingChannel deal | David Liu | Oct 7, 2019 | Partly supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Founders sold all Cisco stock due to zero respect for management | Sandy Lerner | Oct 1, 2018 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Butterfield pitched early Slack investors on a $1B valuation target | Stewart Butterfield | Jul 30, 2018 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Raz: Honest Tea Exceeds 1B Bottles Sold and $170M Annual Revenue | Guy Raz | Jun 11, 2018 | Supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Lake: Venture capitalists want portfolio companies to be a zero or a billion | Katrina Lake | Apr 2, 2018 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Liu: The Knot reached $1B market cap after acquiring WeddingChannel | David Liu | Mar 12, 2018 | Supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | The 20th Century Fox Chipmunks movies generated over $2 billion in revenue | Ross Bagdasarian Jr. | Sep 18, 2017 | Supported |
| 1B | “one billion” | Case: Merged AOL Time Warner Reached $40B Revenue and $10B Profit | Steve Case | Apr 3, 2017 | Partly supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Raz: Honest Tea surpassed $170M in annual sales under Coca-Cola | Guy Raz | Jan 16, 2017 | Supported |
| 1B | “a billion” | Vaccarella predicts that Bogg Bag will become a billion-dollar brand | Kim Vaccarella | Sep 7, 2026 | Open |
| 950M | “nine hundred fifty million” | Harari: Spin Master sales dropped from $950M in 2010 to $500M in 2013 | Ronnen Harary | Dec 20, 2021 | Supported |
| 900M | “an eight hundred million” | Fitbit's tracker revenue plummeted by $800 million shortly after its peak | James Park | Apr 27, 2020 | Supported |
| 800M | “a seven hundred million” | Scudamore: 1-800-GOT-JUNK? is a $700M business | Brian Scudamore | Nov 7, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 700M | “seven hundred million” | Lopez: YouTube logs 700 million hours of video podcast viewing monthly | Hernan Lopez | Mar 12, 2026 | Supported |
| 700M | “seven hundred million” | Tala's addressable market across four operating countries is 700 million individuals | Shivani Siroya | Nov 17, 2022 | — |
| 700M | “seven hundred million” | Tenev: Robinhood faced 4x NSCC collateral hike on $700 million deposit | Vlad Tenev | Apr 12, 2021 | Supported |
| 700M | “seven hundred million” | Raz: Home Depot reached $40 billion revenue faster than any US company | Guy Raz | Dec 28, 2017 | Supported |
| 600M | “six hundred million” | Jet.com raised a $618M Series A while operating with negative gross margins | Marc Lore | Mar 30, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 600M | “a five hundred million” | Diard: Hoka's original grand vision was merely to become a $500M company | Jean-Luc Diard | Feb 2, 2026 | — |
| 600M | “six hundred million” | Ulukaya: Chobani Hit $500M-$600M In Sales Before Competitors Reacted | Hamdi Ulukaya | Nov 14, 2022 | Supported |
| 600M | “six hundred million” | Ma: Zola raised a Series D round at a $600M valuation | Shan-Lyn Ma | Apr 18, 2022 | Supported |
| 600M | “six hundred million” | Holmes: Global trampoline market was roughly $500M-$600M in 2003 | Steve Holmes | Aug 30, 2021 | — |
| 600M | “six hundred million” | Lore: Jet.com raised $618M despite having negative gross margins | Marc Lore | May 17, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 600M | “six hundred million” | Holmes: Global Trampoline Market Was Estimated at $500M-$600M in 2003 | Steve Holmes | Apr 1, 2019 | Supported |
| 600M | “six hundred million” | Canion: Compaq doubled sales to $1.2B with desktop 3x faster than IBM | Rod Canion | Mar 25, 2019 | Supported |
| 600M | “six hundred million” | Edible Arrangements stores generate approximately $600 million in combined annual revenue | Tariq Farid | Aug 21, 2017 | Supported |
| 600M | “six hundred million” | Compaq reached $1.2 billion in 1987 with a faster, cheaper desktop | Rod Canion | May 22, 2017 | Supported |
| 501M | “a 500 million” | Zennström: eBay Acquired Skype for $2.6B Upfront Plus a $500M Earn-Out | Niklas Zennström | Mar 17, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 500M | “five hundred million” | Bark Raised $200 Million in SPAC PIPE Following $500 Million Demand | Matt Meeker | Nov 4, 2024 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 500M | “five hundred million” | Mauborgne: Pet Halloween costumes market is worth $500 million | Renée Mauborgne | Apr 4, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 500M | “five hundred million” | Clifford: Tumi peaked at $140M+ under him, now surpasses $500M | Charlie Clifford | Jul 25, 2022 | Supported |
| 500M | “five hundred million” | Harari: Spin Master sales dropped from $950M in 2010 to $500M in 2013 | Ronnen Harary | Dec 20, 2021 | Supported |
| 400M | “four hundred million” | YETI's sales grew from $100 million to $400 million in 18 months | Roy Seiders | Aug 24, 2026 | Supported |
| 400M | “four hundred million” | AriZona skyrocketed to $400 million in sales by its third year | Don Vultaggio | Sep 1, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 400M | “four hundred million” | Kaufer: TripAdvisor reached 400 million monthly unique users | Steve Kaufer | Oct 31, 2022 | Supported |
| 400M | “a three hundred million” | Gawker Media was built into a $300M company on AOL Instant Messenger | Brian Lam | Oct 10, 2022 | — |
| 400M | “four hundred million” | Zimmer: K&G division generated $400 million across 100 stores | George Zimmer | Aug 29, 2022 | Supported |
| 360M | “360 million” | Constantine: Lush and Body Shop management bid £450M for Body Shop | Mark Constantine | Oct 5, 2020 | — |
| 350M | “a two hundred fifty million” | Hendricks: Building and launching commercial satellites cost about $250 million | John Hendricks | Jan 17, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 350M | “three hundred fifty million” | Trussell: Tempur-Pedic's $350M buyout funded Swedish exit, not company operations | Bobby Trussell | Jul 6, 2020 | Supported |
| 350M | “three hundred fifty million” | Tempur-Pedic's $350M PE deal primarily bought out the original Swedish owners | Bobby Trussell | Oct 22, 2018 | Supported |
| 330M | “three hundred thirty million” | Rubin: Bought back Fanatics and GSI's licensed business for $330M | Michael Rubin | Jan 27, 2025 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 300M | “three hundred million” | O'Hayer: 95% to 98% of US egg-laying hens lived in cages around 2004 | Matt O'Hayer | Mar 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 300M | “three hundred million” | Hedrick: Tecovas Will Exceed $300 Million in Net Sales in 2025 | Paul Hedrick | May 19, 2025 | Held up |
| 300M | “three hundred million” | About 300 million trees are harvested annually for clothing pulp | Peter Majeranowski | Sep 7, 2023 | Supported |
| 300M | “three hundred million” | Kayak reached $300M in revenue with just 200 employees at its IPO | Paul English | Sep 27, 2021 | Supported |
| 300M | “three hundred million” | Kopp: Teach For America's annual budget is about $300 million | Wendy Kopp | Oct 9, 2017 | Supported |
| 300M | “three hundred million” | The 20th Century Fox Chipmunks movies generated over $2 billion in revenue | Ross Bagdasarian Jr. | Sep 18, 2017 | Supported |
| 300M | “three hundred million” | Ohanian: 300 million people visit Reddit each month | Alexis Ohanian | Aug 31, 2017 | Supported |
| 265M | “two hundred sixty five million” | Hsieh: LinkExchange Grew to 100 People and Sold to Microsoft for $265M | Tony Hsieh | Nov 30, 2020 | Supported |
| 265M | “two hundred sixty five million” | LinkExchange grew to 100 employees and sold to Microsoft for $265 million | Tony Hsieh | May 20, 2019 | Supported |
| 265M | “two hundred sixty five million” | LinkExchange Grew to 100 Employees and Sold to Microsoft for $265M | Tony Hsieh | Jan 23, 2017 | Supported |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Ben Chestnut: Mailchimp was at ~$200M revenue when attending Ohio leadership school | Ben Chestnut | Aug 25, 2025 | — |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Riccobono: UNTUCKit reached $53M revenue on $1.3M friends-and-family capital | Chris Riccobono | Jun 23, 2025 | — |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Preysman admits Everlane's marketing outpaced its product quality for five years | Michael Preysman | Oct 24, 2024 | Supported |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Dhar Mann's 2018 video on stay-at-home moms surpassed 200 million views | Dhar Mann | Apr 29, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Von Ahn: Humans wasted 500,000 hours daily solving 200 million CAPTCHAs | Luis von Ahn | Dec 18, 2023 | Supported |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Landed Raised Roughly $200M in Property Investment Capital | Alex Lofton | May 11, 2023 | — |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Mailchimp Reached $200 Million in Revenue by 2014 While Completely Bootstrapped | Ben Chestnut | Jul 12, 2021 | Supported |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Von Ahn: Early CAPTCHAs wasted 500,000 hours of human time daily | Luis von Ahn | May 25, 2020 | Supported |
| 197M | “a hundred ninety-seven million” | Kao: Sherpa Nest generated over 197M organic views without outside capital | Caitlin Kao | Sep 10, 2026 | — |
| 160M | “a hundred sixty million” | On had roughly 160 million in revenue when Roger Federer approached | Caspar Coppetti | Jul 22, 2024 | Supported |
| 150M | “one hundred fifty million” | Eric Ryan joins Greycroft to launch $150M consumer fund | Eric Ryan | Apr 23, 2026 | — |
| 150M | “a hundred fifty million” | Citron: Discord has 150 million active users | Jason Citron | Mar 7, 2022 | Supported |
| 140M | “a hundred forty million” | Hedrick: Tecovas Revenue Grew From $80M to $140M in 2020-2021 | Paul Hedrick | May 19, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 120M | “one hundred twenty million” | Rubin: At age 21, his business did $120M with $50M debt | Michael Rubin | Jan 27, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 110M | “a hundred ten million” | Grant: Dow Chemical saved $110M annually from 575 tournament ideas | Adam Grant | Aug 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | YETI reached $100 million in sales exclusively from hard coolers | Roy Seiders | Aug 24, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | YETI's sales grew from $100 million to $400 million in 18 months | Roy Seiders | Aug 24, 2026 | Supported |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Shep Murray: Vineyard Vines reached $100M in sales by 2008 | Shep Murray | Apr 27, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Pang: 100 million Americans identify as having sensitive skin | Christina Pang | Apr 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 100M | “hundred million” | VCs rejected Quidsi's $100M funding round because Amazon was targeting them | Marc Lore | Mar 30, 2026 | — |
| 100M | “hundred million” | Newmark has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to journalism | Craig Newmark | Sep 29, 2025 | — |
| 100M | “hundred million” | Nextdoor claims 100 million verified users and 25 million weekly active users | Nirav Tolia | Sep 15, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 100M | “hundred million” | Hero Cosmetics Initiated Its Sale Process After Crossing $100M in Revenue | Ju Rhyu | Dec 30, 2024 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Bark Raised $200 Million in SPAC PIPE Following $500 Million Demand | Matt Meeker | Nov 4, 2024 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 100M | “hundred million” | Tsai: The First $1 Million Is Harder Than the First $100M | Vicky Tsai | Sep 26, 2024 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Siminoff's Shark Tank clips have generated over 100M social media views | Jamie Siminoff | Aug 22, 2024 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Thrive Market halted influencer marketing at a $100M run rate | Nick Green | Aug 12, 2024 | — |
| 100M | “hundred million” | SmartSweets crossed $100 million in annual revenue by 2020 | Tara Bosch | Aug 5, 2024 | Supported |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Ecko Unltd reached over $100M revenue with a $12M–$15M ad budget | Marc Ecko | Jun 3, 2024 | Supported |
| 100M | “a hundred-million” | Urban rejected scaling Whole30 to $100M because the strategies felt 'gross' | Melissa Urban | Apr 1, 2024 | — |
| 100M | “hundred million” | Berdichevsky: Sila's Washington plant will ultimately require billions in total investment | Gene Berdachevsky | Mar 7, 2024 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | ChatGPT Reached 100 Million Users in Two Months Compared to Instagram | Tristan Harris | Feb 22, 2024 | Supported |
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