The article is about Ben, who is an entrepreneur and has had two successful businesses in Internet communication infrastructure. The first company he founded was Nascent in 1999, which was later sold to CMGI. The second company he founded was Vapps, which was sold to Citrix in 2008. He has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from New York University (NYU), and he earned his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Amherst College. He is also a member of the Henry Crown Fellows Class of 2010 at the Aspen Institute.