What is Ben Chestnut's Net Worth?

Ben Chestnut is an American internet entrepreneur who has a net worth of $2.1 billion. Ben Chestnut was born in Augusta, Georgia. He is best known for being the co-founder and CEO of the email marketing company MailChimp. He studied at the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Chestnut co-founded the web design agency The Rocket Science Group and served as the CEO.

Ben Chestnut was named Most Admired CEO by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in 2017 and MailChimp has 15 million users. He focuses on providing compensatory benefits for his company's employees. MailChimp was a side project that was founded in 2001 and Chestnut is a 50% owner along with co-owner Dan Kurzius. The company posted an expected annual revenue of $600 million in 2018 and has about 1,000 employees based in Atlanta, Georgia.