# Jake Benson

> Jake Benson founded Libra in 2014 after encountering the difficulty of reporting his own cryptocurrency investments. A University of Texas business graduate and former Capgemini SAP consultant, he led the company from LibraTax into institutional accounting and digital-asset data services. Libra became Lukka in 2019; Benson left the company in June 2020.

- **Role:** Entrepreneur; enterprise software founder
- **Organizations:** Libra (renamed Lukka in 2019), Capgemini
- **Education:** Bachelor of Business Administration; graduated with honors; minor in Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business
- **Known for:** Founded Libra in 2014 and served as its original CEO., Led the expansion from consumer crypto tax software to institutional accounting and data products., Led Libra through its announced $15 million Series B in 2018.

## Career timeline

- **2008-2011** — Studied business at the University of Texas at Austin; his LinkedIn lists a psychology minor, research work for statistics professor James Scott, and participation in the university cycling team.
- **Before 2014** — Worked at Capgemini implementing SAP for Fortune 500 clients.
- **2013** — Began investing in crypto and encountered difficulties researching how to report capital gains, later describing this as the impetus for Libra.
- **2014** — Founded Libra; LibraTax launched in August.
- **2016** — Libra hired former PwC blockchain leader Jeremy Drane as chief commercial officer.
- **2017** — Libra relocated from San Francisco to New York, launched Libra Crypto Office, and announced a $7.8 million Series A.
- **2018** — Announced a $15 million Series B; Benson reported total funding of $24.8 million.
- **2019** — Libra rebranded as Lukka and launched reference data services; later announced LukkaTax and an alliance with CPA.com.
- **2020-01** — As CEO, Benson announced SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 attestation reports covering 2019 testing periods.
- **2020-06** — Left Lukka, as reported by CoinDesk in December 2020.

## Achievements

- Founded Libra in 2014 and served as its original CEO.
- Led the expansion from consumer crypto tax software to institutional accounting and data products.
- Led Libra through its announced $15 million Series B in 2018.
- Oversaw the 2019 rebrand from Libra to Lukka.
- Led Lukka during its CPA.com alliance and the January 2020 announcement of SOC attestation reports.

## Latest updates

- **2020-06** — Benson left Lukka; CoinDesk reported the departure in December 2020.
- **2020-01** — Lukka announced SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 attestation reports while Benson was founder and CEO.
- **2019-12** — Benson discussed LukkaTax for retail investors and the CPA.com alliance.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakebenson

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