founder

Founder (Fod.) or Founders may refer to:

• Entrepreneur, the starter of a private or public company
• Founder, a hoof ailment caused by Laminitis
• Founder, a metallurgist who operates a foundry
• Founder (IRC), management status for Internet Relay Chat
• Founders (Star Trek), the alien leaders of the fictional state and military superpower, the Dominion, in Star Trek
• Founding Fathers - see list of national founders
• Philanthropist, the starter of a charity
• The Founder (newspaper), the student newspaper at Royal Holloway, University of London
• The Founder (film), an 2016 biographical feature film about McDonald's pioneer Ray Kroc
• Founders Ministries, Christian group in the United States
• To founder/foundering, a nautical term for shipwrecking

Tvurci (anglicky Founders, tj. Zakladatelé), zvaní též menavci (anglicky changelings), jsou fiktivní rasa ze seriálu Star Trek: Stanice Deep Space Nine. Jde o rasu z Gamma kvadrantu rídící impérium zvané Dominion. Slouží jim Jem'Hadarové, Vortové a další rasy.