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[foun-der] / ˈfaʊn dər /




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Creating an asset inventory should be the first step, said Michael DeMassa, a certified financial planner and founder of Forza Wealth Management.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

Proctor, who studied theater and political science in college, now teaches three classes on clowning at NYU and is the founder of Clown Gym, a New York City studio focused on all things physical comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Grytz is also founder and CSO of Electric Indigo, a UAB startup in which UAB holds an ownership interest.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

A high-profile Russian journalist, Badanin is the founder and editor-in-chief of Proekt, an investigative media outlet created in 2018.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

The quote was from Ted Turner, the billionaire media mogul, founder of CNN, who had been lamenting his inability to snatch up the CBS network in a corporate megadeal.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

As he researched, Barton said he was shocked to find that the majority of the founders were deeply devout, rather than the religion-shunning men he had learned about.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

The festival’s founders boast quite an industry lineage, having met on the set of a Sofia Coppola movie, where they were production assistants.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

These aren’t descriptions of romantic love or illicit drugs—they’re how startup founders talk about managing their newest employees: AI agents.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

For anyone watching founders seemingly blow up on social media overnight, she says it's important to remember that the viral moment is often the part of the story everyone sees rather than the beginning.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

She muscled her car through traffic while regaling them with stories about the crazy families of Atlanta—the old plantation owners, the founders of Coca-Cola, the sports stars, and the CNN news people.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

A plan to convert it to a private school foundered during Covid and Sebastian said it is considering next steps.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Instead, they foundered in the breeze, squeezing out whatever bitter juice was left in a dirge that would prove to drag on for at least another week.

From Slate Feb. 23, 2026

And for decades, every attempt to create legal access has foundered on the rocky shoals of property rights and lumbering bureaucracy.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2025

In May 1999, Sir Tony Blair received an update from the Treasury, in a document warning that discussions with ICL over the terms of a deal "have foundered".

From BBC Apr. 25, 2025

I had removed my patent leather shoes after a while, for they foundered badly in the sand.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The commitments from senior management and an influential figure like Ma, who is no longer on the company’s board, helped to shore up Alibaba’s foundering share price.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Though British rule over his home country of Jamaica ended in 1962, independence and economic mismanagement led to high unemployment and a foundering youth culture.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 24, 2025

What’s more, in the Spy magazine era, Mr. Trump was just a local nuisance, a braggart presiding over a foundering casino-hotel empire.

From Salon Feb. 9, 2024

“The Shadow of a Doubt,” a full-length 1901 play that got close to a Broadway opening before foundering under murky circumstances.

From New York Times Aug. 23, 2023

They came out in large numbers in the aftermath of a shipwreck to stand on the beach and stare in awe at the latest foundering vessel; some brought binoculars and cameras.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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