Richard Yen

Director/Board Member at Benson Acquisition LLC

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Richard Yen is currently a Director at Benson Acquisition LLC and an Advisor at SignalFire Management Services LLC.
He previously worked as a Director at Astoria Software, Inc., a Managing Director at Saban Capital Group LLC (Private Equity), a Vice President at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a Principal at D.
E.
Shaw & Co. LP, an Associate at KIT Capital, a Principal at Rustic Canyon Partners, and a Principal at Blueprint Ventures LLC.
Mr. Yen holds an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Richard Yen active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Benson Acquisition LLC Benson Acquisition LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Benson Acquisition LLC organizes and conducts educational programs. It conducts seminars, lectures, online classes, and workshops throughout North America. The company was founded by William I. Zanker in 1980 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Director/Board Member	30/01/2011
SignalFire Management Services LLC SignalFire Management Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance SignalFire Management Services LLC (Signalfire) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Christopher W. Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.	Consultant / Advisor	-

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Former positions of Richard Yen

Companies	Position	End
Saban Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) Saban Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance Saban Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) (Saban Capital Group) is a private equity division of Saban Capital Group Inc founded in 2001. It is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.	Private Equity Investor	31/12/2017
Blueprint Ventures LLC Blueprint Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Blueprint Ventures LLC (Blueprint Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Bart Schachter. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.	Private Equity Investor	30/05/2008
Rustic Canyon Partners Rustic Canyon Partners Investment ManagersFinance Rustic Canyon Partners(Rustic Canyon Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Tom Unterman and John Babcock in 1999.The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
KIT Capital	Corporate Officer/Principal	30/08/2002
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/ Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/ Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Training of Richard Yen

University of California, Berkeley	Undergraduate Degree
University of California, Los Angeles	Masters Business Admin

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Blueprint Ventures LLC Blueprint Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Blueprint Ventures LLC (Blueprint Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Bart Schachter. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.	Finance
Rustic Canyon Partners Rustic Canyon Partners Investment ManagersFinance Rustic Canyon Partners(Rustic Canyon Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Tom Unterman and John Babcock in 1999.The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.	Finance
D. E. Shaw & Co. LP D. E. Shaw & Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance D. E. Shaw & Co. LP (DESCO) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 by David Elliot Shaw. DESCO serves as the managing member, manager and/or investment advisor of certain entities in the D. E. Shaw Group and provides investment advice to a number of affiliated hedge funds and other entities. The investor base of the funds includes institutional investors and other highly sophisticated, high-net worth participants.	Finance
Akimbo Systems, Inc. Akimbo Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Akimbo Systems, Inc. provides internet delivered video entertainment programming services. It offers encoding and content aggregation services. The company was founded by Jim Funk and Steve Shannon in 2002 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.	Technology Services
Astoria Software, Inc. Astoria Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Astoria Software, Inc. develops software solutions. The firm's solutions include Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), customer engagement, and content management. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.	Technology Services
Saban Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) Saban Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance Saban Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) (Saban Capital Group) is a private equity division of Saban Capital Group Inc founded in 2001. It is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.	Finance
Benson Acquisition LLC Benson Acquisition LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Benson Acquisition LLC organizes and conducts educational programs. It conducts seminars, lectures, online classes, and workshops throughout North America. The company was founded by William I. Zanker in 1980 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Commercial Services
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/ Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/ Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.	Finance
KIT Capital	Finance
SignalFire Management Services LLC SignalFire Management Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance SignalFire Management Services LLC (Signalfire) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Christopher W. Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.	Finance

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