cofounder

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as in founder

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Recent Examples of cofounder It's all captured in the new documentary Handmade Future, directed by Kirsten Dickerson, the cofounder of Artist & Nomad, a social-impact business focused on craft. — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026 Ganesh Shankar is the Chief Executive Officer and cofounder of Responsive, a market leader for strategic response management. — Ganesh Shankar, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Apple Computer reinstated cofounder Steve Jobs as interim CEO. — USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Candice Feinberg, a clinical psychologist and cofounder of ROWI Teen and Parent Wellness Centers, which works with families experiencing problems with social media, also sees the changes as positive. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2026 But work-life balance has never been much of a priority for Panda Express cofounder Andrew Cherng. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026 Pemsel was the cofounder and CEO of the now-defunct brand and communications firm ScienceMagic. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026 Her images caught the eye of Paul Marciano, cofounder of the fashion company Guess. — Imani Sumbi, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026 Brin’s first wife, Anne Wojcicki, the cofounder of genetics testing company 23andMe, was also at the Vanity Fair event, and posed with the couple on the red carpet. — Sylvia Varnham O’Regan, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cofounder
  1. founder
  2. creator
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  • Our first person in the spotlight this week is Jeff Bezos, founder of the American private spaceflight company Blue Origin.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Brian Hoerl, Phoenix’s co-founder and chief growth officer, said the engineers faced a problem without a clear playbook.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of founder
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  • Throughout the first season of Furious, creator Elizabeth Meriwether and company deftly explored the idea of female vengeance, all while making Catherine into a kind of antihero for the ages.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Visual art pieces will come from Sacramento-area creators like Taner Pasamehmetoglu, Jason Silva, Ginger Thompson, Raul Mejia and second-generation neon sign artist Melissa Uroff.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of creator

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“Cofounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cofounder. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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