Early Life and Education
Ben Lamm was born on December 4, 1981, in Austin, Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance and Accounting from Baylor University in 2004. During his time at Baylor, he also studied foreign languages, literatures, and business at Universitat d'Alacant. Lamm's early entrepreneurial spirit emerged during his college years; he founded Simply Interactive, an e-learning software company, as a class project.
Rise to Success
Lamm's entrepreneurial journey began in his senior year of high school, where he taught himself Macromedia Flash software and sold his first website for $20,000. He founded several successful companies before launching Colossal Biosciences in 2021. His previous ventures include Simply Interactive (acquired by Agile), Chaotic Moon Studios (acquired by Accenture), Team Chaos (acquired by Zynga), Conversable (acquired by LivePerson), and Hypergiant Industries (acquired by Trive Capital).
Key Business Strategies
Lamm is a serial entrepreneur known for quickly learning new concepts and hiring talented individuals. His strategies involve building disruptive businesses and leveraging technology to address global challenges. At Colossal Biosciences, he aims to apply advanced genetic engineering and CRISPR technology to reverse extinction and conserve species. Colossal has raised over $615 million from investors. He focuses on engineering biology at scale. Lamm believes that governments may pay Colossal to reintroduce extinct species.
Philanthropy
Ben Lamm is involved with The Explorers Club and serves as a Scientific Advisory Board member on the Planetary Society and sits on the Advisory Board for the Arch Mission. Colossal Biosciences also has a foundation that is focused on conservation efforts.