# Ben Chestnut, Co-Founder & CEO > Ben Chestnut, Co-Founder & CEO. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-chestnut (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Atlanta, US · Angel # Ben Chestnut Co-Founder & CEO Latest rounds - **Minbox** Seed · $800k May 2012 Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 last May 2012 - **Filings:** - with regulators - **Podcasts:** 6 +2 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them - **On filings** No filing names them - **Linked to a firm** No firm on record - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=ben-chestnut)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=ben-chestnut) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 1 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $800k - **Active:** 2012 2012 - [Minbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/minbox) *Seed* **$800k** *US* May 2012 Joined · +8 investors · historical By stage - Seed **1** Alongside - [Charles River Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) - [Correlation Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) - [Darrin Ginsberg *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/darrin-ginsberg) - [David Cohen *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-cohen) - [Jeff Zucker *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-zucker) - [TA Venture *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ta-ventures) - [TEC Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tec-ventures) - [Tim Young *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-young) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Hear them before you pitch them - [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 25 Aug 2025 · 1h 23m (July 2021) Ben Chestnut: From Side Business to $12 Billion – The Accidental Triumph of Mailchimp With [Ben Chestnut](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-chestnut) Mentions [Guy Raz](https://millionrounds.com/person/guy-raz) About this episode In 2001, three web designers built a quirky email tool called Mailchimp. It wasn’t their main business. It wasn’t even meant to make real money. For years, Ben Chestnut and his partners survived on web-design gigs, while Mailchimp earned just enough to cover lunch. Then…one surprising spreadsheet… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 17 Mar 2025 · 1h 11m Bootstrapped to $12B: Mailchimp’s Ben Chestnut on Life After the Exit With [Ben Chestnut](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-chestnut) Mentions [Charles Hudson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charles-hudson)[Drew Houston](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drew-houston)[Phil Libin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phil-libin)[Scott Cook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scott-cook)[Bing Gordon](https://millionrounds.com/person/bing-gordon)[Joe Thomas](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-thomas) About this episode Guest: Ben Chestnut, Former CEO and Co-Founder of Mailchimp If you find yourself selling your startup, then Mailchimp co-founder Ben Chestnut has some important advice for you: Get a dog. When Intuit bought Mailchimp in 2021 for $12 billion, the company asked Ben if he wanted to stay on as CEO,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 12 Dec 2022 · 51 min 20VC: Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut on The Biggest Leadership Lessons Scaling to a $12Bn Acquisition and $1BN+ ARR, The Secret to Happiness, Being a Great Husband and Father & Why 2021 was the Right Time To Sell to Intuit With [Ben Chestnut](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-chestnut) About this episode Ben Chestnut is the Co-Founder of Mailchimp, the all-in-one marketing platform for small businesses. Last year, in Sept 2021 it was announced that Intuit would acquire Mailchimp for a reported $12BN. There are so many things to love about the Mailchimp journey to this point. First, Mailchimp was… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 21 Sept 2022 · 27 min SaaStr 592: Everything that Breaks on the Way to $1B ARR with Mailchimp Co-Founder Ben Chestnut and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin With [Ben Chestnut](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-chestnut) About this episode Join Mailchimp Co-Founder Ben Chestnut and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin in a follow-up to their popular fireside chat held during SaaStr @ Home 2020. Ben and Jason will chat about the highlights–and the challenges–of scaling a company like Mailchimp to $1B ARR. Full video: https://youtu.be/5fx3qFD62ak… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 30 Nov 2021 · 45 min The case for bootstrapping, w/Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut With [Ben Chestnut](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-chestnut) Mentions [Karen Cahn](https://millionrounds.com/person/karen-cahn) About this episode This week, we’re returning to an episode of Masters of Scale featuring Ben Chestnut, the co-founder and CEO of Mailchimp. The email marketing platform was acquired this year by Intuit in a multi-billion-dollar deal that closed this month. Hear how Chestnut used a DIY ethos to grow the company… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 12 Jul 2021 · 1h 26m Mailchimp: Ben Chestnut With [Ben Chestnut](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-chestnut) About this episode In the late 1990s, Ben Chestnut was a struggling young designer interning at an appliance company, when somebody suggested that he try designing for the internet instead. A few years later, Ben and two co-founders launched a web design agency, only to discover that the service they'd included… Listen on Apple Podcasts ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Ben Chestnut in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 29 Dec 2025 · 41 min The Grittiest Conversations of 2025: AI, Business & Beyond Mentions [Aidan Gomez](https://millionrounds.com/person/aidan-gomez)[Ben Chestnut](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-chestnut)[David Rubenstein](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-rubenstein)[Evan Spiegel](https://millionrounds.com/person/evan-spiegel)[Garrett Lord](https://millionrounds.com/person/garrett-lord)[Yamini Rangan](https://millionrounds.com/person/yamini-rangan) About this episode In this recap episode, we highlight the best moments from our 2025 interviews and reflect on the ideas that defined the year. Featuring: David Rubenstein (co-founder of Carlyle) Yamini Rangan (CEO of HubSpot) Ben Chestnut (co-founder of Mailchimp) Winston Weinberg (co-founder and CEO of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 5 Jun 2019 · 44 min Bringing a culture back from the brink, w/Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi Mentions [Dara Khosrowshahi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dara-khosrowshahi)[Arianna Huffington](https://millionrounds.com/person/arianna-huffington)[Ben Chestnut](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-chestnut) About this episode Early-stage startups are a lot like pirate ships – they need a buccaneering spirit to survive. But every startup needs to shed its pirate nature at some point, and evolve into something more akin to a navy – no less heroic, but more disciplined. As the new CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi took on the… Listen on Apple Podcasts Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=ben-chestnut). ## Find people like Ben Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)