backer

Example Sentences

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That was an unnamed swipe at Altman, who dropped out of Stanford University to co-found a social-network startup and later became a big backer of Reddit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

The analyst is a particularly ardent backer of Blue Owl, which he initiated at Outperform in 2023.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Buffett was a big backer of the Kraft Foods and Heinz merger in 2015.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

He wonders whether it might be best for optics if the disgraced financier — the biggest financial backer to Brockman’s nonprofit Edge Foundation — didn’t attend after all.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

I acted in the capacity of backer, or best-man, to the bridegroom; while a little limp pew-opener in a soft bonnet like a baby’s, made a feint of being the bosom friend of Miss Skiffins.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens