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 |
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]
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]
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]
On 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.
In February 2025 he will return to space on Blue Origin NS-30. [23]
Bess is married to his wife Letty. [24] 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. [25] [26]