founder
noun
a person who founds or establishes something, as a company or institution.
founders
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present tense formof founder (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Though many items are favorites of the founders, the restaurant, Cardoso said, was built for everyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The nickname refers to the group of PayPal founders and former employees who went on to start other tech companies, including SpaceX, Palantir Technologies, LinkedIn, YouTube and Yelp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Jack Clark, one of seven founders of Anthropic, said a way of shutting off AI software completely if it gets too dangerous was the kind of thing society "might want to eventually pass rules around".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Anthropic’s founders had left OpenAI in 2020 to found the AI startup in 2021 after clashing with executives at the ChatGPT maker over safety issues.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Joe Flom and the founders of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz got multiple breaks.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
