10 Little Known Billion Dollar Businesses

By siliconindia | Tuesday, 04 February 2014, 13:08 Hrs

Pinterest

Valued At: $3.8billion

Founders: Paul Sciarra, Evan Sharp, Ben Silbermann

Established: 2010

This is a photo sharing site with a difference. It allows the users to categorize the photos under different themes such as, events, interests, food. It doesn’t need an invitation to be a member of Pinterest. The launch of their iphone app in 2011 brought them huge popularity. It was listed in the ’50 best websites of 2011’ list of Time Magazine.

Dropbox

Valued At: $10billion

Founders: Drew Houston, Aarash Ferdowsi

Established: 2007

Dropbox provides cloud based storage system to its users. The users are allotted space to store their personal data, photos and videos in a file. They are able to access their file from a website and a mobile app. In 2013 Dropbox contributed to 0.29 percent of the world’s internet traffic. In 2013, Dropbox registered 200 million users.