Founder

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Founder (Fod.) or Founders may refer to:

• Entrepreneur, the starter of a private or public company
• Philanthropist, the starter of a charity
• Founding Fathers - see list of national founders
• Founder, a metallurgist who operates a foundry
• Founder, a hoof ailment caused by Laminitis
• Founder (IRC), management status for Internet Relay Chat
• Founders (Star Trek), a subrace of the fictional Changeling race
• To founder/foundering, a nautical term for shipwrecking

Companies

• Founders Brewing Company, a craft brewery located in Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Worshipful Company of Founders, a London livery company
• Founder Group, a Chinese information technology and pharmaceutical conglomerate
  • Founder Technology, a Shanghai subsidiary

See also

• List of founders of English schools and colleges
• Founder effect, genetic effect of expansion of isolated small populations
• Foundered strata, rock beds which have collapsed due to removal of underlying beds