Claim profile

Palmer Luckey

American founder of Oculus VR and inventor of the Oculus Rift

  • Fame56.6
  • Momentum1.0
  • Wikipedia73K
Claim profile
Source-basedStable
Born 1992 · age 34United States
United States flagUnited StatesFoundersFounder

Verify ownership in 2 minutes. Keeps the profile accurate and discoverable.

  • Wikipedia
    15 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Age
    34
    Born 1992
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
Summary
Updated 2026-06-17

Palmer Freeman Luckey is an American entrepreneur and defense technology executive. He is a co-founder of defense technology company Anduril Industries. He was the founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset that is widely credited with reviving the virtual reality industry.

Deep cuts

Net worth

Low confidence
$5.0Bestimated · 2026
▲ 614%vs 2015
$700.0M2015$1.1B*2016*$1.5B*2017*$1.9B*2018*$2.3B*2019*$2.7B*2020*$3.0B*2021*$3.4B*2022*$3.8B*2023*$4.2B*2024*$4.6B*2025*$5.0B2026
Forbes* estimated (interpolated between sourced years)

Figures are rough estimates and may be inaccurate. Not financial advice.

By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
56.6
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum1.0
Historical16.4
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
Global rank
—
Country rank
—
Category rank
—
Receipts

Sources