Discord is owned by its parent company, Discord Inc., which is a privately held company. The platform was founded by Jason Citron and Stanislav Vishnevskiy, who are likely still the majority owners, with Jason Citron being the largest shareholder. Although there have been funding rounds involving other investors such as Sony, Tencent, Index Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, Franklin Templeton, Fidelity Investments, and Accel, these investors hold minor shares. Microsoft attempted to acquire Discord for about $10 billion, but the deal did not go through, and Discord remains independently owned primarily by its co-founders.