Ben Lee (businessperson)


Ben Lee is an American entrepreneur and founder of an Inc 5000 company Rootstrap. In 2016, Lee was named one of Inc's 30 under 30 Most Brilliant Young Entrepreneurs.

Education

Lee attended Loyola Marymount University from 2008 to 2010 before starting his first startup.

Career

By age 18, Lee became a manager in a nightclub. Lee started Kitchen24, a restaurant.
Lee has taken a leading role in businesses related to software development, food and entertainment. His two development agencies have merged to become Rootstrap: a digital development studio with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Uruguay, and Leipzig.
Lee is a columnist at Forbes, Huffington Post, Inc. and Business while leading Rootstrap as the Chief revenue officer.
In 2011, Lee became the co-founder and CEO of Neon Roots, an application development company based in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California.
Rootstrap was dubbed by Inc. as one of the "Fastest Growing Companies in America".
In 2015, they received a BMA award for The Best Mobile App Development Companies in the USA.

Awards and recognition