Answer:
The correct answer to the question: Which of the following leaders founded the Persian Empire?, is, Cyrus the Great.
Explanation:
The Persian Empire historically has been known to have started in 550 BC, under the Achaemenids, whose leader was Cyrus the Great. This first Persian Empire, whose basis was in present-day Iranian soil, became one of the biggest and greatest in the world and its power extended all the way from the Balkan region to the Indus Valley. It was not until around 330 BC that the great Persian Empire came under the rule of Alexander the Great, who conquered it.
