Ben Neumann

Ben Neumann is an American investor, mixed martial artist and film producer, best known for his founding of early Internet hosting service firm Internet Communication Icom.com, and his subsequent investments into companies such as iBoost.com, Globat.com and his work in the motion picture industry.

Neumann, a former bodyguard, and avid martial artist since second grade, who grew up in Krefeld, Germany in a working class family, immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1994. While working on his martial arts career and after winning several mixed martial arts tournaments, he successfully built and sold his first U.S.-based technology company Icom.com at the pinnacle of the Dot-com bubble in 1998, a move that made him one of the original Internet pioneers. He subsequently began investing into other technology and real estate companies and became involved with film making in Los Angeles in early 2004. He was approached by an independent filmmaker in 2005. The result of this partnership was "Dark World" [ [http://imdb.com/title/tt0489017/ Dark World] ] , starring Michael Pare and Theresa Russell. Neumann also produced and was involved with other notable films and TV shows, such as "Grey's Anatomy", "Only in LA", "Yumi in Love" and "Smile of April". He continues to invest in local niche companies, has become an engaged community activist and was elected to the Board of the [http://www.scnc.info Studio City Neighborhood Council] in March 2006. He took over as President of the Council in March 2008.

As a successful immigrant entrepreneur, Neumann has been quoted off-line and online in numerous ezines, [ [http://www.webreference.com/internet/hosting/ Expert Opinion] ] magazines and books. [ [http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=150&id=9982 Entrepreneur] ] For his achievements in the technology sector he has been nominated for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2000 and 2003.

Neumann has two sons with celebrity photographer Andrea Neumann and lives in the hills of Studio City, California.

References

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* [http://darkworld-movie.com/ Dark World Official Website]

External links

* [http://www.benneumann.com/ Ben Neumann's personal weblog]
* [http://www.ad-ventures.com/ Consulting firm Ad-Ventures]