Starburst Honored by Goldman Sachs for Entrepreneurship

Justin Borgman, Founder & CEO, Among the Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs at 2026 Builders and Innovators Summit

BOSTON - October 14, 2026 - Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is recognizing Starburst Founder & CEO Justin Borgman, as one of the Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2026 at its Builders and Innovators Summit in Healdsburg, California.

Goldman Sachs selected Justin Borgman from multiple industries to be honored at the two-day event. Borgman founded Starburst because he had seen firsthand that the industry's promise of putting all enterprise data in one place never matched reality. Enterprise data doesn't live in one place, and it never will. That conviction launched a company built to bring analytics, and now AI, directly to data wherever it lives, across on-premises systems, multiple clouds, and hybrid environments. Starburst has become the enterprise intelligence platform trusted by organizations in more than 60 countries, including some of the world's most highly regulated financial services, healthcare, and government institutions. Today, Starburst has surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue and is helping enterprises move AI from pilots to production on governed data, without moving it.

"I'm honored to be recognized by Goldman Sachs," said Justin Borgman, Founder & CEO of Starburst. "For the past decade, the industry pushed a single idea: centralize all your data first, analyze it later. That model was built for dashboards, and AI changes the rules. We built Starburst on a different bet, and I'm incredibly proud of our team, and of the customers who backed us from day one, for proving it right."

"We are pleased to recognize Justin Borgman as one of the most exceptional entrepreneurs of 2026," said David Solomon, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs."As AI reshapes the global landscape, the leaders at Starburst are proving that agility and vision can be the ultimate competitive advantages. They are not simply building a great enterprise; they are redefining what is possible in their industry."

In its 15th year, Goldman Sachs' Builders and Innovators Summit is the can't miss gathering for Founders and CEOs of hypergrowth companies. Previous honorees have gone on to successfully lead multi-billion dollar companies, both in the private and public markets. In addition to honoring the most exceptional entrepreneurs each year, the Summit consists of general sessions and clinics led by seasoned entrepreneurs, academics and business leaders as well as resident scholars.

About Justin Borgman, Founder & CEO, Starburst

Justin Borgman is a serial entrepreneur who has spent more than a decade building data platforms for some of the world's largest enterprises. He co-founded Hadapt, a pioneer in SQL analytics on Hadoop, which Teradata acquired in 2014. At Teradata, he saw that even the most sophisticated enterprises could never consolidate all of their data into a single system. In 2017, he founded Starburst to solve that problem, building on the open-source query engine now known as Trino. Today, he leads Starburst as it helps enterprises turn distributed data into a trusted foundation for AI.

About Starburst

Starburst delivers enterprise intelligence at scale by giving organizations secure, governed access to all their data, wherever it lives. Built for distributed data environments across on-premises systems, multiple clouds, and hybrid architectures, Starburst helps enterprises power AI and analytics without the cost and complexity of traditional data consolidation.

By enabling federated access to complete enterprise context, Starburst helps AI platforms, applications, and teams move from pilots to production with trusted, actionable data. Built on open standards with Trino and Apache Iceberg, Starburst integrates with existing technologies while helping organizations avoid vendor lock-in. For more information, visit starburst.ai.

About Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs is a leading global financial institution that delivers a broad range of financial services to a large and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.

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