According to Russian law, the founder- is a physical (legal) person that creates (establishes) a company, organization or firm. He is the full owner of his organization, manages its activities and makes all the important decisions. The founder of the company can be one or several people.
Meaning of the word "founder"

Physical (legal) decision makerscreate a new company in the future will act as its owners. In most cases, companies are established by several persons - by making each of them share their own funds in the authorized capital of the organization.
If an individual decides to create aloneorganization, it will be its sole owner. Often people are not well aware of the meaning of the word "founder", identifying it with the director. In fact, these are completely different concepts. The main function of the director of the company is the organization of its activities in the direction in which the owner indicated.
The founder is a person who creates a company from scratch.The director should skillfully manage this company, properly organize and expand its activities. As a rule, he has no ownership of the company, unless he is one of its founders. Information on the owners of each legal entity is mandatory entered in the Unified State Register (Unified State Register of Legal Entities).
Founder Ltd.
Limited Liability Company -organization created by one or several individuals (legal entities). US (share capital) of the company is divided into certain shares. The participants of the organization bear the risk of possible losses within the limits of the amount of shares contributed by them. An LLC can be established both by residents and non-residents. The number of founders must be less than 50.

Каждый участник общества с ограниченной responsibility is obliged to promptly contribute to the authorized capital the size of the share determined by the agreement on the establishment. The founders of LLC quarterly or once a year make a profit in the form of dividends in the amount proportional to the share of funds contributed by them to the Criminal Code. The amount of dividends is determined by the management body of the company, which is appointed by its owners. Participants Ltd. are jointly and severally liable for its obligations.
Can an LLC belong to the same owner?
Legislation definesfounder of a limited liability company. They can be as one person (natural or legal), and several. But in practice, limited liability companies are created by at least 2 persons.

Often the only founder LLC выполняет функции директора фирмы.Such a deal does not lead to anything good. The founder saves on the staff, putting the pile of responsibilities on their shoulders. In a limited liability company, it is not so easy to perfectly organize the work of staff and monitor the activities of the organization. For these purposes, and introduced the position of director. It is he who directs the company, expands its capabilities and submits reports on the work done to the founder. Thus, the owner can properly coordinate the work of the company or set new courses for its activities.
Founders ODL
An additional liability company iseconomic organization created by individuals or legal entities. CC ODL is divided into shares specified in the constituent documents. Its members are liable for subsidiary obligations. ALC can have one or several founders. In the second case, their number should not be more than 50.

The main documents of the ALC are the constituentagreement, charter. The minimum CC is 10 thousand rubles. In ODL, the founder is the owner of the company. He appoints the highest governing bodies, which decide all important issues in society. ODL and LLC are distinguished by the fact that the founders of the first are responsible for the obligations of the organization not only within the Criminal Code, but also manage additional funds determined by the Charter. In practice, additional liability companies in the Russian Federation are rarely created.
Features of AO
In a joint stock company, the founder is the ownerestablished company. Often it is confused with the shareholder, who in fact only owns the stake in the company. An AO is created by the founders, and shareholders appear in it to raise additional capital. For these purposes, the owners of the joint stock company issue securities - shares.
The number of founders in a joint-stock company is usually 5-7.man, the number of shareholders is unlimited. The founders in the joint stock company appoint the Board of Directors, manage the activities of the company and make important decisions. In AO, it is the owners who receive the bulk of the profits, but they also risk losing not only US, but also personal property in the event of a bankruptcy of a company.