Ben Bornstein '92
Co-Chair, Entrepreneurship
Ben serves as President of Prospero Capital Management, LLC, an investment advisor that he founded in 2002. He has also previously served as Managing Director of Arctaris Impact Investors, where he focused on Opportunity Zone fund structuring, investment evaluation, and investor development, leveraging his more than 25 years of financial services experience, in senior investment roles both domestically and internationally. Prior to Arctaris Impact, Ben served as CEO of Imerman Angels, the world’s largest support network for cancer fighters, survivors, and caregivers. He previously worked as a partner and portfolio manager at Omega Advisors in New York and covered the US portfolio for the global fund products of Orbis Investment Management in London and Bermuda. He has a strong background in evaluating management teams, financials, and strategies for developing products.
Ben graduated from Harvard Business School with high distinction as a Baker Scholar (top 5% of class), Harvard Law School as part of the JD/MBA program, and magna cum laude from Princeton majoring in Economics. He received the John Loeb Award (awarded to the top four students in finance) and Sheridan Logan Fellowship (awarded to one Baker Scholar) at Harvard Business School.
Ben’s philanthropic interests and Board involvement include Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs (HAE), Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center, Lurie Cancer Center (Board 39), H Foundation, and Pets are Worth Saving (PAWS Chicago).