Founder

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Founder or Founders may refer to:

Places

• Founders Park, a stadium in South Carolina, formerly known as Carolina Stadium
• Founders Park, a waterside park in Islamorada, Florida

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Founders (Star Trek), the alien leaders of the fictional state and military superpower, the Dominion, in Star Trek
• The Founder (newspaper), the student newspaper at Royal Holloway, University of London
• The Founder, a 2016 biographical feature film about McDonald's pioneer Ray Kroc

Companies and organizations

• Founder Group, a Chinese information technology and pharmaceutical conglomerate
  • Founder Technology, a Shanghai subsidiary
• Founders Brewing Company, a craft brewery located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
• Founders Ministries, Christian group in the United States
• Worshipful Company of Founders, a livery company based in London, England, United Kingdom

Roles

• Organizational founder, the person or group of persons responsible for creating an entity
  • Founder, in entrepreneurship, the starter of a private or public company
  • Philanthropist, the starter of a charity
• Founder, a metallurgist who operates a foundry
• Founding Fathers - see list of national founders
• Founders, another name for Generation Z

Science and healthcare

• Founder, a hoof ailment caused by laminitis
• Founder effect, genetic effect of expansion of isolated small populations

Other uses

• Founder (IRC), management status for Internet Relay Chat
• To founder (or foundering), a nautical term for shipwrecking

See also

• Foundered strata, rock beds which have collapsed due to removal of underlying beds
• List of founders of English schools and colleges