Founder
# Founder

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

## 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
