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Ben Golub

Overview

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Number of Portfolio Companies 3
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
  • Primary Job Title Executive Chairman and Interim CEO
  • Primary Organization 
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    Storj
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Personal Investments

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Number of Investments 3
Ben Golub has made 3 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - SolidCore.ai on
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Seed Round - MinIO Logo
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Jobs

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Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 7
Ben Golub has 2 current jobs as Executive Chairman and Interim CEO at Storj and CEO at dotCloud. Additionally, Ben Golub has had 7 past jobs including CEO at Docker.
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Docker
CEOApr 20132017
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Gluster
President & CEOMay 2010Feb 2012
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Plaxo
President & CEOJan 2005May 2010
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VeriSign
CMO, SVP of Marketing and Government Affairs20032004
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VeriSign
SVP and General Manager19972003
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Board and Advisor Roles

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Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Ben Golub holds 6 board and advisor roles including Venture Advisor at Mayfield Fund, Advisor at Streamlio, and Advisor at Quilt Data.
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BlueSwarm
Member of the Advisory Board2010—

Related Hubs

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Cloud Data Services Acquired Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees Logo
Cloud Data Services Acquired Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees
41,337
Google Ventures Portfolio Companies Logo
Google Ventures Portfolio Companies
49,718
Cloud Data Services Acquired Companies With Less Than $1B in Revenue Logo
Cloud Data Services Acquired Companies With Less Than $1B in Revenue
100,890
Software Acquired Companies With More Than 10 Employees (Top 10K) Logo
Software Acquired Companies With More Than 10 Employees (Top 10K)
1,883
Acquired Cloud Infrastructure Companies Logo
Acquired Cloud Infrastructure Companies
41,230
Cloud Data Services Companies With Less Than $50M in Revenue Logo
Cloud Data Services Companies With Less Than $50M in Revenue
9,999
Software Acquired Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K) Logo
Software Acquired Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)
2,192
Cloud Infrastructure Companies (Top 10K) Logo
Cloud Infrastructure Companies (Top 10K)
1,187
Cloud Data Services Companies With More Than $10M in Revenue Logo
Cloud Data Services Companies With More Than $10M in Revenue
19,531
Cloud Data Services Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue Logo
Cloud Data Services Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue
9,442

Education

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Ben Golub studied at Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, and  Princeton University.

Events

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Number of Events 7
Ben Golub has participated in 7 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, WCEF 2022 | World Crypto Economic Forum on Jun 2, 2022.

Recent News and Activity

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Funding Round•Sep 24, 2025
SolidCore.ai raised
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Funding Round•Aug 8, 2024
Chariot raised
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