founder
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈfaʊndər/
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fundador
- I'm here with GG Love, who went from doing time to being a multimillionaire entrepreneur and founder of the Much Loved clothing brand.
- founder and director
- founder and CEO
- startup founders
Please welcome the founder of ESPN, Bill Rasmus.
- Please welcome the founder of ESPN, Bill Rasmus.
- I was talking with the founder of Infosys in India.
- I mean, if you take Drew Houston, Dropbox's founder, he is still the CEO.
- Culture is how you as the founders behave.
- One common trait across every successful founder is they were relentless.
- I mean it often helps if the founders are in charge of different things.
- One good example is Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Eck.
- Today's guest is the founder of Barstool and Barstool Sports.
- Joining me now with reaction, Andrew Branca, the founder of law of self-defense.
- He spoke to Zuko, who is the founder of Z Cash.
- And you're also founder and CEO of the character Lab.
- Just because you're the founder doesn't mean you need to be the CEO.
Examples
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The entire concept of the cathedral, so the story went, had come to its founder in a dream.
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Florence Nightingale is often thought of as the founder of modern nursing.
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I was talking with the founder of Infosys in India.
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I'm the designer and the founder of Annie Smith.
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A graduate of Temple University and Yale University, she is the founder of Artist Curated Projects in Los Angeles.
Academic text (2012) -
One good example is Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Eck.
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Julie Courtney is the founder of The Resilience Formula and Stress Solutions, and Energy Clinic.
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I'm Catherine Englebrecht, founder and president of True the vote.
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Today's guest is the founder of Barstool and Barstool Sports.
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I had the opportunity to meet the founder of a start-up that focuses on renewable energy.
Synonyms
230
1.0
A person who helped start something important, like a country
33
4.6
A man who starts an important organization or country
14
4.9
A person who creates a new idea, plan, or process
10
5.5
A person who starts a plan or action
A person who starts an organization like a company or charity
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Etymology
Founder (person who starts something) comes from the Latin root fundare meaning 'to lay a foundation', just like in foundation. So a founder is someone who lays the base and starts an organization.