Lane Bess Explained

Lane Bess
Birth Date:18 September 1961
Birth Place: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

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]

Early life and education

Bess 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

Bess 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

On December 11, 2021, Bess flew into space aboard Blue Origin NS-19.[21]

Personal life

Bess is married to his wife Letty.[22] 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.[23] [24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lane Bess and Cameron Bess Slated for Dec. 9 Blue Origin Flight. November 23, 2021. Market Realist.
  2. Web site: Who is Lane Bess as passengers on Blue Origin's next flight are revealed?. November 23, 2021.
  3. https://www.app.com/story/news/local/people/2021/12/06/next-blue-origin-suborbital-flight-ocean-township-high-school-nj-alumnus/8751671002/ "Ocean Township H.S. alum Lane Bess heading to space on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin"
  4. Web site: Bess, Dempo Join CMU Board of Trustees - News - Carnegie Mellon University .
  5. Web site: $10 Million Gift Endows Carnegie Mellon Deanship - News - Carnegie Mellon University.
  6. Web site: Lane Bess: What do you do when you don't know what to do?. Lane. Bess. March 2, 2012. Fast Company.
  7. News: TrueFort Unveils Board of Advisors Featuring Top Executives from Cyber Security, Financial and Telco. Bloomberg.com. October 16, 2019.
  8. Web site: Former Palo Alto Networks CEO Lane Bess Joins ZeroFox. ZeroFox.
  9. Web site: Palo Alto Eyes IPO, Distribution As Growth Goes Viral. Chad. Berndtson. June 25, 2010. CRN.
  10. Web site: Lane Bess - Chairman at Deep Instinct. THE ORG.
  11. Web site: Term Sheet — Wednesday, August 20. Fortune.
  12. Web site: Deep Instinct appoints Lane Bess as CEO alongside Guy Caspi remaining as Board Chair and CPO.
  13. Web site: AI Is Transforming Cybersecurity. www.wsj.com.
  14. Web site: Deep Instinct Snags Former Palo Alto, Zscaler Exec as CEO. www.bankinfosecurity.com.
  15. Web site: Lane Bess. Sepio. June 27, 2023.
  16. Web site: PLMIU Company Profile & Executives - Plum Acquisition Corp. I - Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com.
  17. Web site: Lumu recibe US$7.5 millones en ronda con SoftBank para su modelo de ciberseguridad. José. Caparroso. March 10, 2021. Forbes Colombia.
  18. Web site: Cybersecurity Veteran Marios Damianides Joins TrueFort Advisory Board • TrueFort. June 27, 2023.
  19. Web site: Two Tech Industry Titans Join Salient Systems Board of Directors. finance.yahoo.com.
  20. Web site: Lane Bess joins Sepio as Chairman of the Board. James. Spiro. January 16, 2022. CTECH - www.calcalistech.com.
  21. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/us/michael-strahan-space-blue-origin.html "Michael Strahan to Join Next Blue Origin Space Flight"
  22. Web site: Donor Story: Letty and Lane Bess : Our Impact : Archive : CASA of Santa Cruz County. casaofsantacruz.org.
  23. Web site: Howell . Elizabeth . 2021-12-12 . Pansexual astronaut Cameron Bess on launching with Blue Origin and why diversity matters in space . 2024-04-11 . Space.com . en.
  24. Web site: Andrew . Griffin . 2021-12-10 . The first ever furry is about to go into space . 2024-04-11 . The Independent . en.

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