Sentence examples for making founder from inspiring English sources

The IPO on the London Stock Market yesterday of property portal Zoopla – effectively the Zillow of the UK – yesterday attracted blue-chip investors to its £900m / $1.53m floatation making founder Alex Chesterman £32m / $54m after selling his 3.5 per cent of stock.

Ares Management, the largest local firm that traces its roots to Drexel, went public in 2014, making founder and Drexel alumni Ressler a billionaire.

And we all know the way this story ends: Facebook now has a total net-worth of over 17.5 billion dollars, as reported in March of 2012 by Forbes, making founder Mark Zuckerberg the youngest multi-billionaire on the planet.

Technological advancements achieved as a consequence of entrepreneurial capitalism are clearly positive for society, making founders like Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, and even GoPro CEO Nick Woodman billionaires in the process.

That trio of traits is indeed a key ingredient in the entrepreneur's secret sauce, making founders attractive to potential investors, employees, and customers.

The reports that Apple is looking to buy Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion has got people wondering: could the deal make founder Dr Dre hip hop's first billionaire?

CPP raised £150m in a flotation in 2010 when its shares were listed at 235p and made founder Hamish Ogston £120m.

The startup's rise made founder Colin Huang, a former Google engineer, a billionaire before the age of 40.

Re "Fighting the Wrong Budget War" (editorial, Aug. 18): How were President Bush's projections of budget surpluses "even if the economy softens," made in 2001 to justify tax cuts, different from aggressive accounting that made foundering companies look good?

Perseverance is what makes founders win.

I don't think there's anything that makes founders intrinsically better at running companies than non-founder CEOs.