founder

Definition

One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).

Etymology

From Old French fondeur, from Latin fundātor, equivalent to found + -er.

Example Sentences

• "The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg."
• "As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended to the viſitor himſelf: […]"
• "Young people love to idolize their predecessors. [Steve] Jobs was Silicon Valley's idol of choice for decades, but to the next generation of startup founders, his legacy feels about as old as Web 1.0."