cofounder

See also: co-founder

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From co- +‎ founder.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˈfaʊndə/
  • (General American) enPR: kōʹfound'ər, kōʹfound-ər, kō'foundʹər IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ(ˌ)faʊndɚ/, /ˌkoʊˈfaʊndɚ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: co‧founder

Noun

cofounder (plural cofounders)

  1. A joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity.
    The two cofounders both attended the ceremony.
    • 2005 March 30, “Miramax founders leave Disney”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      Miramax Films cofounders Bob and Harvey Weinstein will end their successful, but often tumultuous, 12-year relationship with The Walt Disney Company to launch their own media company.
    • 2021 October 8, Jon Henley and Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
      Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.
    • 2023 October 18, Damien Gayle, “Greta Thunberg charged with public order offence after London oil protest”, in The Guardian‎[3]:
      Details of Thunberg’s charge came as Just Stop Oil said its cofounders, Indigo Rumbelow and Roger Hallam, were arrested on Wednesday morning following dawn raids at their homes.

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