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cofounder

cofounder

11 3.4
A person who starts a company or organization with other people
  • noun
  • /ˌkoʊˈfaʊndər/
translation icon : cofundador
  • He is the cofounder and CEO of Shot Studios.
  • cofounder and first executive
  • cofounder of the program

Steve Wozniak, OK, cofounder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs.

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Examples

  • Steve Wozniak, OK, cofounder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs.

  • Eric Cressy Mac is president and cofounder of Cressy Sports Performance with facilities in Palm Beach Gardens, FL and Hudson, MA.

  • Do you have a technical cofounder?

  • Dana signed on early as a cofounder and has been instrumental in building the brand.

    Blog text (16)
  • Joel Levin, cofounder of Teacher Gaming, created this.

  • So the Bond King is, of course, the cofounder of PIMCO, legendary and billionaire investor Bill Gross.

  • I am from Palo Alto, CA and also a cofounder of a small technology company based in Sunnyvale.

  • One of the cofounders, Norman Brown, believes Navajo people must act now to reform Navajo government.

    Academic text (2008)
  • "There are hundreds, if not thousands, of light pollution ordinances nationwide," notes IDA cofounder Dave Crawford, an astronomer based in Tucson, Arizona.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Steve Wozniak is a well-known cofounder of Apple, where he worked alongside Steve Jobs.

Synonyms

founder
vscofounder
458 3.9

A person who starts an organization like a company or charity

emphasizes joint establishment with others rather than acting alone
co-founder
vscofounder
3.4

A person who starts a company or organization with others

is the same meaning but is written without a hyphen
cofoundress
vscofounder
6.7

A woman who helps start an organization with others

includes people of any gender rather than only women

How Involved

cofounder
11 3.4
part-owner
11 3.5
partner
1.4
collaborator
47 4.8
associate
533 3.2

Surface Forms

cofounder singular
cofounders plural

Morphology

cofounder = founder (transparent) = co + founder

The prefix 'co-' meaning 'together' combines directly with the noun 'founder' to indicate a joint founder, a regularly productive formation.

Etymology

The word cofounder is made of two parts, co- and founder, where co- means 'together' as in cooperate and founder comes from 'to start' or 'to set up'. So, a cofounder is a person who starts a company or group together with others.