Lane Bess | |
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Born | Lane Bess September 18, 1961 Neptune New Jersey, U.S. |
Nationality (legal) | American |
Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
Known for | Investing, Principal and Founder at Bess Ventures and Advisory |
Spouse | Letty Bess |
Lane Bess, (born September 18, 1961) 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. He is known for his work in technology and venture capital.[1][2]
Early life and education
Bess was born in Neptune, New Jersey.
In 1983, Bess received a Bachelor of Science degree in Managerial Economics from Carnegie Mellon University, then went on to receive an MBA degree from University of Dayton. Bess has served as a Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University since June 2019. In the same year, Bess and his wife Letty donated $10 million to Carnegie Mellon University to endow the dean’s chair for the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.[3]
Career
Early in his career, Bess held senior sales and marketing positions at NCR Corporation, where he oversaw multinational global sales. Then he went on to AT&T, where he was responsible for the product launches of AT&T's business and consumer internet services in the mid-1990s.[4]
From 2002 to 2008, Bess served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and General Manager of Trend Micro. While there, the company’s worldwide revenues grew to over $1 billion annually. In 2008 he became President and CEO of Palo Alto Networks, where he served until 2011, leading late fundraising and taking the company to its Initial public offering. From 2011 to 2015, Bess was the COO of Zscaler, a company focused on cloud-based internet security services.[5][6]
Bess serves on the boards of several companies, including Deep Instinct, eSentire, TrueFort, ZeroFOX, PLUM (SPAC).[7][8][9][10][11][12]
In March 2015, Bess founded Bess Ventures and Advisory, where he serves as founder and principal. Some well-known investments of Bess Ventures and Advisory include Arista Networks, Nutanix, ThoughtSpot, Rubrik and Zscaler.[13]
Personal life
Bess lives in Miami Beach, Florida with his wife Letty. He has three children.
References
- ^ https://marketrealist.com/p/lane-bess-net-worth/
- ^ https://www.thefocus.news/celebrity/lane-bess/
- ^ https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2019/june/bess-family-chair.html
- ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2021/11/23/good-morning-america-host-michael-strahan-will-be-onboard-blue-origins-next-space-flight/?sh=754c92112672
- ^ https://theorg.com/org/deep-instinct/org-chart/lane-bess
- ^ https://fortune.com/2014/08/20/term-sheet-wed-august-20/
- ^ https://www.zerofox.com/press-release/former-palo-alto-networks-ceo-lane-bess-joins-zerofox/
- ^ https://sepio.systems/leadership/lane-bess/
- ^ https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/PLMIU/company-people/executive-profile/106344972
- ^ https://forbes.co/2021/03/10/emprendedores/lumu-recibe-us7-5-millones-en-ronda-con-softbank-para-su-modelo-de-ciberseguridad/
- ^ https://truefort.com/press-release/cybersecurity-veteran-marios-damianides-joins-truefort-advisory-board/
- ^ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/two-tech-industry-titans-join-130000292.html
- ^ https://panorays.com/resources/webinars/why-lane-bess-invested-in-panorays/