Benjamin Franklin duPont is an American businessman known for founding the company yet2.com and yet2Ventures. He is a member of the prominent Du Pont family. He co-founded and is a partner at Chartline Capital Partners.[2]

Ben duPont
Born
Benjamin Franklin du Pont[1]

(1964-01-14) January 14, 1964 (age 60)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materTufts University (BS)
OccupationBusiness executive
Known forFounder of yet2Ventures and yet2.com

Biography

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Benjamin Franklin duPont was born in 1964; his father was the politician Pierre S. du Pont IV. He graduated from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering in 1986. In August 2001, Ben married Laura Leigh Lemole, a jewelry designer.[3] They have two children.[4]

Career

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In 1986 duPont began working for the DuPont corporation, a company the du Ponts founded in 1802. He held various management positions in the company over 13 years. In 1999, he left DuPont to cofound yet2.com with Phillip Stern,[5] a U.S. patent distribution firm located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. DuPont is the company's president. After a year of development the firm had raised $24 million in financing and was described as a "quasi-clearinghouse for technology developed by corporations" by Forbes Magazine, where both inventors and companies can post their patents for sale or lease to other firms.[6]

In December 2002, yet2.com was acquired by Scipher,[7] but the next year duPont reacquired it from Scipher and became its executive director.[8]

DuPont has been director of Vianix, Speakman, Longwood Gardens Inc., Gigsky, Inc, and Bessemer Trust Delaware.[8] In 2015, he co-founded Zip Code Wilmington.[5][9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009". FamilySearch. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "Ben DuPont". Chartline Capital Partners. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  3. ^ "Weddings; Laura Lemole, Benjamin du Pont". The New York Times. August 5, 2001. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  4. ^ "Fairbridge Partners Profile: Benjamin F. duPont". Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Bradley, Michael (April 26, 2016). "Du-ing Well by Du-ing Good". delawaretoday.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  6. ^ Om Malik (February 7, 2000). "Technology's clearinghouse: Yet2.com". Forbes Magazine. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  7. ^ Patricia Resende (December 16, 2002). "Cambridge IP exchange site sold to U.K. company". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Fairbridge Venture Partners Executive Profile: Benjamin F. DuPont". Businessweek. Retrieved January 23, 2013.[dead link]
  9. ^ "Attend a bootcamp, get a job". delawareonline. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  10. ^ "Del. employer-backed school quickly trains needed programmers". Philly.com. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
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