COFOUNDER Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

cofounder

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as in founder

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Recent Examples of cofounder Was Airbnb cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky listening in on our call? — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 11 Nov. 2026 Carlos Perez has been running the company since 1998; his son, also christened Carlos, honed his skills at Shirley’s and is the cofounder of Boil & Bake. — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026 Longevity science, biomarker testing and personalized nutrition, in addition to circadian architecture, are becoming integral to luxury living, said Chris Sanderson, cofounder of trend forecasters The Future Laboratory. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026 Humans, by contrast, may be able to access key documents that could be related to their everyday tasks – or at least appear to be, noted Madhu Shashanka, cofounder of security firm Concentric AI. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026 And earlier this year, Moderna cofounder Robert Langer re-entered the billionaires club following promising cancer vaccine trials that sent the company’s stock soaring. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026 Google cofounder Sergey Brin had two answers to California’s billionaire tax. — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026 The Microsoft cofounder had already enlisted two dozen other billionaires to join the effort. — Alex Cuadros, ProPublica, 10 Nov. 2026 This is why, as both cofounder and longtime CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang would be a valuable target for a foreign adversary with sights on the American AI industry. — Hayden Field, The Verge, 9 Nov. 2026

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Patricia Wenskunas, founder of the California advocacy nonprofit Crime Survivors, which opposed the abolition of the death penalty, criticized Newsom's decision.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
Anthony Wood, the founder of Roku and previously its chairmand CEO, will become a member of the Fox board and serve as co-chair alongside Cheesbrough.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

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The company is also hoping to build a business around training the next generation of creators.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Churchill took the idea to Gilded Age showrunner and creator Julian Fellowes as well as HBO head of drama Francesca Orsi and CEO Casey Bloys.

— Alex Zalben, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026

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