Benjamin Franklin duPont is an American businessman known for founding the companies
yet2.com and yet2Ventures. He is a member of the
Du Pont family. He co-founded and is a partner at Chartline Capital Partners.
Biography
Benjamin Franklin duPont was born in 1964; his father was the politician
Pierre S. du Pont IV. He graduated from
Tufts University
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with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering in 1986.
Career
In 1986 duPont began working for the
DuPont corporation, a company the du Ponts founded in 1802. He held a number of management positions in the company over 13 years. In 1999, he left DuPont to cofound
yet2.com with Phillip Stern,
a U.S. patent distribution firm in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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. DuPont became the company's president. After a year of development the firm had raised $24 million in financing and was described by ''
Forbes
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'' magazine as a "quasi-clearinghouse for technology developed by corporations" where both inventors and companies can post their patents for sale or lease to other firms.
In December 2002, yet2.com was acquired by Scipher, but the next year duPont reacquired it from Scipher and became its executive director.
DuPont has been director of Vianix, Speakman,
Longwood Gardens Inc., Gigsky, Inc, and
Bessemer Trust Delaware.
In 2015, he co-founded Zip Code Wilmington.
Personal life
In August 2001, Ben married Laura Leigh Lemole, a jewelry designer.
References
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American technology chief executives
1964 births
Ben duPont
Living people
Tufts University School of Engineering alumni
20th-century American businesspeople
21st-century American businesspeople