Craig Benson (Politician) – Overview, Biography

Craig Benson
Name:Craig Benson
Occupation: Politician
Gender:Male
Birth Day: October 8,
1954
Age: 66
Country: United States
Zodiac Sign:Libra

Craig Benson

Craig Benson was born on October 8, 1954 in United States (66 years old). Craig Benson is a Politician, zodiac sign: Libra. Nationality: United States. Approx. Net Worth: Undisclosed.

Trivia

Before it was split into several different companies, Benson’s Cabletron Systems business was bringing in nearly two billion dollars annually.

Net Worth 2020

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Before Fame

After studying finance at Babson College, he earned his MBA from Syracuse University.

Biography

Biography Timeline

1977

Benson attended Chatham High School in Chatham, New Jersey. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in finance from Babson College in 1977, Benson attended Syracuse University, graduating with an MBA in 1979.

1983

In 1983, Benson and partner Robert Levine started Cabletron Systems in Levine’s garage. The company moved to Rochester, New Hampshire in 1985 and went public in 1989, with what was then the largest IPO in Wall Street history. In 1991, Benson was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Inc. Magazine.

1995

Benson serves as an adjunct lecturer at Babson College, his alma mater. In 1995, he was inducted into the college’s Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs.

1998

Benson also frequently used “volunteers” in his office to do gubernatorial work, but would not say who they were or what they did. These were not volunteers in the sense that they were unpaid staffers volunteering their time, rather Benson paid their salaries out of his own pocket, making them volunteers in the sense that they did not draw state salaries. This move was controversial, while proponents noted that Benson was generously allowing the state to save money, critics were concerned that it would limit scrutiny of the volunteer staff. Reporters discovered that one of these “volunteers” (and former Cabletron director of operations), Angela Blaisdell, was New Hampshire’s official liaison with the federal government on homeland security. In addition, Benson was accused of engaging in political payback when Dori Wiggin, supervisor of the Department of Environmental Services Wetlands Division in Portsmouth, was transferred to the department’s Concord headquarters. Under Wiggin, the DES had fined Benson in 1998 and 2003 for excavating beach sand without a permit at his Rye oceanfront home.

1999

The company grew to have over $1.8 billion in annual revenue, but over time Cabletron began to face heavy competition in the industry. Benson resigned in 1999, and Cabletron was dissolved into four separate companies (Enterasys Networks, Aprisma Management Technologies, Riverstone Networks, and Global Network Technology Services) in January 2000. The company’s fragmentation brought layoffs, declines in stock price, and shareholder lawsuits.

2001

Benson began running for governor of New Hampshire in 2001, promising to use technology and greater efficiency to save money in state government. Political signs appeared across the Granite State proclaiming “This is Benson Country.” He was elected governor on November 5, 2002, in an open race to succeed the retiring governor, Jeanne Shaheen. In the primaries, Benson spent more than $15 million—$11 million of it his own money—in an effort to defeat former State Senator Bruce Keough and former U.S. Senator Gordon Humphrey to win the Republican nomination, making Benson’s victory one of the most expensive in American history. In the general election, Benson overwhelmingly defeated Democratic state Senator Mark Fernald, 59 percent to 38 percent. Benson successfully made Fernald’s support for a statewide income tax the dominant issue in the race. Benson spent more than $9 million, again mostly his own money, in this race.

2004

In the 2004 election, Benson lost to Democratic challenger John Lynch—only the second time in 78 years that an incumbent New Hampshire governor was denied a second term—in a very close race, with Lynch securing just 51% of the vote.

2007

As Governor, Benson pushed for state agencies to institute across-the-board budget reductions, and used a custom made, extra large “VETO” stamp to reject a state budget he thought was too large. Benson also signed into law a bill that required parental notification for minors seeking an abortion; this law was later challenged and upheld in the Supreme Court in the case Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of New England, but subsequently repealed by the New Hampshire legislature in 2007.

Upcoming Birthday

Currently, Craig Benson is 67 years, 1 months and 22 days old. Craig Benson will celebrate 68th birthday on a Saturday 8th of October 2022.

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