Ben duPont
American businessman
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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.[2]
January 14, 1964
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| Born | Benjamin Franklin du Pont[1] January 14, 1964 |
| Alma mater | Tufts University (BS) |
| Occupation | Business executive |
| Known for | Founder of yet2Ventures and yet2.com |
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.[3]
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,[4] a U.S. patent distribution firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts. DuPont became the company's president. After a year of development the firm had raised $24 million in financing and was described by Forbes 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.[5]
In December 2002, yet2.com was acquired by Scipher,[6] but the next year duPont reacquired it from Scipher and became its executive director.[7]
DuPont has been director of Vianix, Speakman, Longwood Gardens Inc., Gigsky, Inc, and Bessemer Trust Delaware.[7] In 2015, he co-founded Zip Code Wilmington.[4][8][9]
