THE $10 BILLION CLUB: Meet the 11 most valuable startups in the world by Maya Kosoff and Eugene Kim on Nov 29, 2015, 12:29 PM  There used to be a time when a $1 billion valuation was considered a massive success for tech startups.
Then that threshold rose to $5 billion. But in recent months, these numbers almost seem routine — so we have raised the bar yet again. Looking at recent media reports and The Wall Street Journal's "The Billion-Dollar Startup Club" list, we have created a list of tech startups that are valued at $10 billion or more. SEE ALSO: 13 tech IPOs compared: How much a $10,000 investment would be worth today No. 10 (tie) WeWork: $10 billion  Valuation: $10 billion CEO: Adam Neumann Founded: 2010 What it does: WeWork rents out co-working spaces to individuals and companies. Total funding: $1 billion Notable investors: Goldman Sachs, T. Rowe Price, Benchmark Capital, Fidelity Investments, JP Morgan
No. 10 (tie) Dropbox: $10 billion*  Valuation: $10 billion CEO: Drew Houston Founded: 2007 What it does: Dropbox allows users to easily store and share files on the web. It has over 200 million users worldwide. Total funding: $1.1 billion Notable investors: Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, Greylock Ventures *Fidelity Investments and BlackRock both recently wrote down the value of their holdings in Dropbox.
No. 9 Pinterest: $11 billion  Valuation: $11 billion CEO: Ben Silbermann Founded: 2008 What it does: Pinterest allows users to share/store stuff online by "pinning" images and content. Total funding: $1.32 billion Notable investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Rakuten
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