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The "founders" are whatever. What did they actually do after kickstarting things? Brendan was a typical startup CEO dude, and basically the original founders were mostly his posse. They came in with Brendan and aren't too special in any way other than at being skilled coders/engineers which Facebook has or can hire in spades. There was Jack McCauley who was a cool engineer with unique in-depth experience with Chinese manufacturers, but Oculus has done fine in manufacturing since then, maintaining the ties he setup. Palmer was an interesting lad but ultimately real engineers greater than him came in, and his PR faults had to go out. The real "founders" of value after the acquisition, I'd argue, are Micheal Abrash and Carmack. Carmack's not with them as much anymore, but Abrash is still leading their research, and they're continually advancing the field forward there.