> ## Documentation Index
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# Founder / Person

> Field reference for the Founder / Person object.

A person profile — founders, executives, and other individuals. The `Person` object returned by `/api/data/people` is the same shape.

| Field                             | Type               | Description                                                                                     |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `uuid`                            | string             | Stable UUID of the founder. This is the sole public identifier; numeric ids are not accepted.   |
| `name`                            | string             | Display name of the founder.                                                                    |
| `tagline`                         | string (nullable)  | Short biographic line (≤ \~140 chars).                                                          |
| `image`                           | string (nullable)  | Profile photo URL.                                                                              |
| `dealroom_url`                    | string (nullable)  | Canonical URL on app.dealroom.co.                                                               |
| `gender`                          | string (nullable)  | Self-reported or inferred gender label, when known.                                             |
| `is_serial_founder`               | boolean (nullable) | True when this person has founded more than one company.                                        |
| `is_super_founder`                | boolean (nullable) | Dealroom's super-founder badge — founder of a unicorn (or comparable outlier outcome).          |
| `is_promising_founder`            | boolean (nullable) | Dealroom's promising-founder signal.                                                            |
| `is_strong_founder`               | boolean (nullable) | Dealroom's strong-founder signal.                                                               |
| `launch_year`                     | number (nullable)  | Year the founder started their first recorded company (if known).                               |
| `signal_rating`                   | number (nullable)  | Dealroom founder signal score (1–97). Null when unavailable.                                    |
| `founded_companies_total_funding` | number (nullable)  | Total funding raised across all companies this founder has founded, in the response `currency`. |
| `hq_country`                      | string (nullable)  | Country the founder is based in.                                                                |
| `hq_city`                         | string (nullable)  | City the founder is based in.                                                                   |
| `tags`                            | array of object    |                                                                                                 |
| `education`                       | array of object    |                                                                                                 |
| `universities`                    | array of object    |                                                                                                 |
| `companies`                       | array of object    |                                                                                                 |
| `backgrounds`                     | array of object    |                                                                                                 |