About this episode
Paul English is a perpetual founder. Since high school, he's started 3 philanthropies and 8 companies—ranging from e-commerce, to gaming, to GetHuman, a site that helps users access human customer support. His best-known venture is probably KAYAK, a travel website launched in 2004 over two gin-and-tonics with co-founder Steve Hafner. Using a simple interface, KAYAK specialized in search; and it made partners out of potential rivals like Orbitz and Expedia by charging them a fee to send users to their sites. Eventually KAYAK became one of the most-searched "K" words on Google, and in 2012, it sold to Priceline for $1.8 billion. A few years later, Paul started yet another company, Lola.com—and says he plans to launch many more.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Get every episode summarized
Each time How I Built This with Guy Raz publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from How I Built This with Guy Raz
Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Fur...
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Jonah Peretti of Buzzfeed
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired Fro...
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue
How I Built This with Guy Raz