Buy Hold Sell: Berkshire, Palantir and 3 more founder-led stocks

Buy Hold Sell, by Livewire Markets · Aug 27, 2026 · 16m

Since 1926, 17 of the top 20 US companies by annualised returns were founder-led at at least one point in their history, and many remain so today.

Investors willing to back the right founders over time have been richly-rewarded, and a quick look at the list of the world's most valuable companies suggests that has never been more true than it is today.

But what makes founder-led businesses so successful, and which founder-led or formerly-founder led companies are worth a look right now?

In this episode of Buy Hold Sell, I'm joined by Alan Pullen from Magellan Investment Partners and Joseph…