Benjamin "Ben" M. Rosen (born March 11, 1933) is the former chairman and former acting chief executive officer of Compaq[1][2] and a co-founder of Sevin Rosen Funds.
Early life
Rosen was born to a Jewish family[3] in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 11, 1933, to Isadore and Anna Rosen.[4] Rosen's father was a dentist and his mother was a secretary.[citation needed] "Benji" as he was called, was the youngest of his parents' three children.[5]
In 1985, at age 52, he was described as "a late bloomer who has had five careers" and "chairman and general partner" of the fund.[5]
Rosen Electronic Letter
Rosen Electronic Letter was distributed via a separate entity named Rosen Research. In 1982, Esther Dyson began working there and, in 1983 she bought the company from her employer, renaming the company EDventure Holdings and the Rosen Electronic Letter newsletter Release 1.0.[10]
Awards
In 1999, Rosen was awarded the Founders Medal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He was named a recipient of Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award in 2007. In 2018, he received Caltech's highest honor, the Robert A. Millikan Medal.[citation needed]
Family
He and his first wife Alexandra are the parents of their two sons, Jeffrey Rosen and Eric Rosen.[5] He is married to Donna Perrett Rosen and also has a step-daughter, Melanie Perret. [citation needed]