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Ben Nelson
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Ben Nelson

American businessman

Ben Nelson is an American businessperson who is the founder of Minerva Project and Minerva University.2

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Born Jul 13, 1975.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedThe Wharton School3

Nelson graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in economics with honors as a Joseph Wharton Scholar.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.5

Nelson joined Snapfish in 1999. By 2002, Nelson was the CFO of Snapfish. He became CEO and president in March 2005, shortly before the acquisition of the company by Hewlett-Packard. He continued to run the company following the acquisition as a subsidiary.

In 2011, Nelson founded the for-profit Minerva Project and received a $25 million seed investment from Benchmark Capital in 2012. In 2012, Minerva Project founded Minerva University which he is chancellor of.

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited States6

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