Owner vs founder

The differences between owners and founders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a founder has an average salary of $91,296, which is higher than the $90,334 average annual salary of an owner.

The top three skills for an owner include customer service, payroll and financial statements. The most important skills for a founder are web design, business strategy, and non-profit organization.

Owner vs founder overview

	Owner	Founder
Yearly salary	$90,334	$91,296
Hourly rate	$43.43	$43.89
Growth rate	6%	-5%
Number of jobs	86,486	59
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 52%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	52	44
Years of experience	-	-

What does an owner do?

Owners, in the most basic sense, own the business, company, or organization. They are responsible for building the business. They create business plans and the general vision and mission of the company, set goals, work on these goals, and ensure that the business keeps running. They manage all aspects of their business, from finances to marketing to people, etc. When the business becomes stable, owners eventually hire more employees. As such, owners also become overseers who would ensure that the organization remains afloat.

What does a founder do?

A Founder is responsible for building his/her business from the ground up through various strategies and extensive planning. A Founder is also responsible for the workforce's funding and recruitment that would be vital for a company to succeed and create a vision and mission that the business would uphold. Furthermore, a Founder must take the lead in the business planning and operations, develop and maintain goals, coordinate with the board, and maintain a healthy relationship with employees.

Owner vs founder salary

Owners and founders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Owner	Founder
Average salary	$90,334	$91,296
Salary range	Between $60,000 And $135,000	Between $47,000 And $176,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	-
Highest paying state	New Jersey	-
Best paying company	BP America Inc	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between owner and founder education

There are a few differences between an owner and a founder in terms of educational background:

	Owner	Founder
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 52%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	-

Owner vs founder demographics

Here are the differences between owners' and founders' demographics:

	Owner	Founder
Average age	52	44
Gender ratio	Male, 63.1% Female, 36.9%	Male, 64.3% Female, 35.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.7% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.6% Asian, 7.5% White, 76.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 10.8% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.9% Asian, 3.7% White, 62.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	12%	7%

Differences between owner and founder duties and responsibilities

Owner example responsibilities.

Manage web content and a PHP / MySQL application.
Create and develop a website to help clients easily manage their instagram account to gain exposure.
Execute all social media marketing and manage the company Facebook page/campaigns.
Manage human resource functions by generating payroll, scheduling and upholding company policies.
License Maryland home improvement contractor managing a small home improvement business that specializes in doors and windows.
Manage end to end business operations including hiring, scheduling visits, conducting customer consultations and performing pet visits.

Founder example responsibilities.

Manage revenue, expense transactions, complete customer invoices, purchase orders (QuickBooks).
Lead team of software developers (JavaScript) and sound engineers that launch interactive sound solutions for the web.
Manage paid AdWords and Facebook marketing campaigns for consumer-persona research, brand awareness and customer acquisition.
Manage company expense and payroll accounts, purchase and deliver materials to job-sites, and business administrative services simultaneously.
Design, develop and maintain websites using cross-browser compliant XHTML, CSS & JavaScript.
Launch the site to fill a gap in educating beginner web programmers to use HTML to PHP to MySQL.

Owner vs founder skills

Common owner skills

Customer Service, 25%
Payroll, 17%
Financial Statements, 8%
Product Development, 7%
Real Estate, 3%
Business Development, 3%

Common founder skills

Web Design, 24%
Business Strategy, 5%
Non-Profit Organization, 5%
Facebook, 5%
R, 4%
Business Plan, 4%