Jack Dorsey isn't the first: 9 other tech company founders who later returned as CEO

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In this April 4, 1991, file photo, Steve Jobs of NeXT Computer Inc. poses for the press with his NeXTstation color computer at the NeXT facility in Redwood City, Calif.

Silicon Valley strongly believes in the founder mythos: That is, founders know best.

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So it's no surprise that many founders have returned to their companies as CEOs several years down the line, whether to give them a critical kick in the pants or to save them from near disaster.

Here are 10 tech founders who returned to go down with the ship or patch the holes to keep it alive.

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