Bill Gross is a technology entrepreneur who founded Idealab, a technology incubator launched in 1996 that held equity in startups and provided foundational startup services. Bill Gross's Twitter Score is 134 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #4,528 (top 1%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Bill Gross founded several companies through and alongside Idealab over the years. He founded GoTo.com, which pioneered sponsored search results and pay-per-click advertising and was later renamed Overture Services before being acquired by Yahoo. He also founded eSolar and TweetUp, and co-founded Energy Vault, an energy storage technology company, with Robert Piconi and Andrea Pedretti. Bill Gross founded Heliogen, a clean energy company that went public via a SPAC merger in 2021, though he resigned as CEO in 2023.
Bill Gross has accumulated 225,424 followers as of August 2026 on the platform and has published 17,953 posts. He has been mentioned by 334 accounts, with 1,507 total mentions.
Who follows Bill Gross on X?
The accounts that follow Bill Gross include 672 founders, 200 angel investors, 88 influencers and 59 VCs. Among his notable followers are Chris Dixon, Nikita Bier, Sam Altman, Chris Burniske, Kyle Samani and Anthony Pompliano.