Ben duPont

Ben duPont
Born	Benjamin Franklin du Pont[1] (1964-01-14) January 14, 1964 (age 61)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Tufts University (BS)
Occupation	Business executive
Known for	Founder of yet2Ventures and yet2.com

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]

Biography

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

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

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. 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. "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.

External links

• Ben duPont on Twitter