cofounder

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as in founder

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Recent Examples of cofounder Yet according to Ethan Lin, Klook’s cofounder and CEO, Western travelers account for a growing share of users. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 July 2026 The Oaktree Capital Management cofounder and his wife, Nancy, have owned La Posada and Sa Punta for more than a decade, using the adjoining properties as holiday retreats. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 July 2026 After about five months, a nascent Olive was born, promptly becoming a cofounder of sorts. — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 14 July 2026 Staci Hill is the cofounder Gooseberry Bridge Farm and coauthor of the The Preserver’s Garden. — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 14 July 2026 Other signatories include former President Obama’s chief economist and current Harvard professor, Jason Furman, Anthropic cofounder Jack Clark, and top AI researcher Yoshua Bengio. — Victoria Baeza Garcia, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026 Since Allen, cofounder of Microsoft, died in 2018 from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 65, the Seahawks and the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers have been owned by his sister, Jody. — CBS News, 12 July 2026 Yet only days later, Anthropic president and cofounder Daniela Amodei offered a rather different view of what the company itself values when recruiting people. — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 Auger’s cofounder and president of fashion and beauty Leigh Anne Clark offered another take. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 July 2026
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  1. founder
  2. creator
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  • Swinehart left his role as founder of Project 658, a nonprofit that provides sustainable, holistic care to refugees resettling in the Charlotte area, to join Charlotte FC.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • Co-founder Emma Thackray started the company in her kitchen in 2019, selling at markets in the north of England.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
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  • Its creator, Rachel Warren, launched it as the Baltimore Keychain Library in August 2025.
    — Mary Eber, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • Ethiopian content creator Kalu Putik has grabbed the attention of the fashion world with his outfits made from old clothes, shoes, and garbage scraps.
    — Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of creator

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