Lane Bess (born September 18, 1961) is a venture capitalist known for his work in technology. He has served as principal and founder of family fund Bess Ventures and Advisory, LLC, a strategic management, investment and marketing services firm, since February 2015.[1][2]
Lane Bess | |
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| Born | September 18, 1961 Neptune City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Known for | Investing, Principal and Founder at Bess Ventures and Advisory |
| Spouse | Letty Bess |
| Children | Cameron Bess |
Early life and education
editBess graduated from Ocean Township High School in 1979.[3]
In 1983, Bess received a Bachelor of Science degree in Managerial Economics from Carnegie Mellon University. Bess has served as a Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University since June 2019.[4][5]
Career
editBess held senior sales and marketing positions at NCR Corporation.[6]
Bess also served as President of Trend Micro.[7][8] In 2008, he became president and CEO of Palo Alto Networks, where in 2010 he was preparing the company for an initial public offering.[9] From 2011 to 2015, Bess was the COO of Zscaler.[10][11][12]
Bess serves on the boards of several companies, including Deep Instinct,[13][14] eSentire, TrueFort, ZeroFOX, PLUM (SPAC).[8][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Spaceflight
editOn December 11, 2021, Bess flew into space aboard Blue Origin NS-19.[21] Bess, along with the other members of Blue Origins NS-19, were the final recipients of the FAA Commercial Space Astronaut Wings,[22] an aviator wings-like badge created by the Federal Aviation Administration to encourage and draw attention to commercial space flight.
Personal life
editBess is married to his wife Letty.[23] His son Cameron Bess accompanied him to space aboard Blue Origin NS-19, making them the first parent-child pair to fly to space together.[3] Cameron is a furry, identifies as pansexual, and streams on Twitch.[24][25]
References
edit- ^ "Lane Bess and Cameron Bess Slated for Dec. 9 Blue Origin Flight". Market Realist. November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Who is Lane Bess as passengers on Blue Origin's next flight are revealed?". November 23, 2021.
- ^ a b "Ocean Township H.S. alum Lane Bess heading to space on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin", Asbury Park Press, December 6, 2021. Accessed December 13, 2021. "Venture capitalist Lane Bess, a 1979 graduate of Ocean Township High School, will fly."
- ^ "Bess, Dempo Join CMU Board of Trustees - News - Carnegie Mellon University".
- ^ "$10 Million Gift Endows Carnegie Mellon Deanship - News - Carnegie Mellon University".
- ^ Bess, Lane (March 2, 2012). "Lane Bess: What do you do when you don't know what to do?". Fast Company.
- ^ "TrueFort Unveils Board of Advisors Featuring Top Executives from Cyber Security, Financial and Telco". Bloomberg.com. October 16, 2019.
- ^ a b "Former Palo Alto Networks CEO Lane Bess Joins ZeroFox". ZeroFox.
- ^ Berndtson, Chad (June 25, 2010). "Palo Alto Eyes IPO, Distribution As Growth Goes Viral". CRN.
- ^ "Lane Bess - Chairman at Deep Instinct". THE ORG.
- ^ "Term Sheet — Wednesday, August 20". Fortune.
- ^ "Deep Instinct appoints Lane Bess as CEO alongside Guy Caspi remaining as Board Chair and CPO".
- ^ "AI Is Transforming Cybersecurity". www.wsj.com.
- ^ "Deep Instinct Snags Former Palo Alto, Zscaler Exec as CEO". www.bankinfosecurity.com.
- ^ "Lane Bess". Sepio. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "PLMIU Company Profile & Executives - Plum Acquisition Corp. I - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com.
- ^ Caparroso, José (March 10, 2021). "Lumu recibe US$7.5 millones en ronda con SoftBank para su modelo de ciberseguridad". Forbes Colombia.
- ^ "Cybersecurity Veteran Marios Damianides Joins TrueFort Advisory Board • TrueFort". Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Two Tech Industry Titans Join Salient Systems Board of Directors". finance.yahoo.com.
- ^ Spiro, James (January 16, 2022). "Lane Bess joins Sepio as Chairman of the Board". CTECH - www.calcalistech.com.
- ^ "Michael Strahan to Join Next Blue Origin Space Flight" New York Times. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ^ https://www.faa.gov/space/human_spaceflight/recognition
- ^ "Donor Story: Letty and Lane Bess : Our Impact : Archive : CASA of Santa Cruz County". casaofsantacruz.org.
- ^ Howell, Elizabeth (December 12, 2021). "Pansexual astronaut Cameron Bess on launching with Blue Origin and why diversity matters in space". Space.com. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ Griffin, Andrew (December 10, 2021). "The first ever furry is about to go into space". The Independent. Retrieved April 11, 2024.