Ben Nelson

Ben Nelson is the founder of Minerva University, a reinvented university experience for the brightest and most motivated students that provides an interdisciplinary curriculum using an advanced interactive learning platform, and the CEO and chairman of the Minerva Project. Since starting Minerva University, it has been referred to as an “online Ivy League university” and named the “#1 Most Innovative University in the World” by  World’s Universities with Real Impact. Prior to starting Minerva, Ben spent more than a decade at Snapfish, an online photo-sharing and storage service, where he served as CEO from 2005 to 2010 and led Snapfish’s sale to Hewlett Packard. Previously, Ben was president and CEO of Community Ventures, a network of locally branded portals for America’s communities. Ben holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with honors and first realized his passion for reforming undergraduate education.