What is Founder (participant)?

A person who established a company and contributed a share (stake) to its charter capital or subscribed for its shares: a shareholder of a joint-stock company, a participant of an LLC, partners of a partnership and others. The charter capital is the total of the funds contributed by the founders (participants); a share they have not yet contributed is held as a debt in account 4610 (NAS No. 21, paragraphs 196–197 and 344).