Ben is the co-founder and co-host of Acquired, the podcast about great companies and the stories and playbooks behind them. What started as a side project in 2015 has become a phenomenon in business and tech culture—the show has over a million listeners, has been ranked #1 in Technology on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and has sold out live shows at Chase Center and Radio City Music Hall featuring guests like Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, and Jamie Dimon. Previously, Ben co-founded Pioneer Square Labs, a Seattle startup studio, and shipped the first version of Office for iPad at Microsoft.