Mr. Margolin and his partners founded the firm in 1946.

In 1996, he and two partners founded Bomis.

He and some partners founded Infinity in the early 1960's, when they started buying stations.

CEO and managing partner Andrew Wright founded the company in 2006.

In the Southern Urals alone, Tverdyshev and his partner founded fifteen factories.

The partners founded the agency as Bailey Lewis & Associates in 1970.

He said he and his partners had founded Chrome Hearts "to do really great stuff, high quality, like in the old days."

Lunsford and two other partners founded Vencor in 1985.

Mr. Mozilo and a partner founded Countrywide in 1969, intent on building the first national mortgage company.

The three partners also founded the city of Nome, where they later made a big find of gold.