founder

One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).

The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg.

As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended to the viſitor himſelf: […]

A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).

a founder population

the founder effect

The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.

The term 'founder' was applied in the British iron industry long afterwards to the ironworker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.

One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.

a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing types

A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.