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Economic Development 2025: BENEVENTO, JOE
PRESIDENT AND CEO , VIRGINIA INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP CORP., RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
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Economic Development 2025: BENEVENTO, JOE
PRESIDENT AND CEO , VIRGINIA INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP CORP., RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Benevento was named Virginia Innovation Partnership Corp.‘s permanent leader in April 2024. He’d served as interim leader since September 2023, succeeding Bob Stolle.
The nonprofit arm of a state entity established by the General Assembly, VIPC provides strategic commercialization and funding support for Virginia- based tech startups. VIPC’s Virginia Invests initiative is expected to catalyze and attract $250 million in investments for more than 100 high-growth Virginia startups during the next three to five years.
In 2024, VIPC announced that more than 10,000 high-growth startups were created in Virginia since Gov. Glenn Youngkin took office in 2022.
Before VIPC, Benevento served as a state deputy secretary of commerce and trade. Prior to that, he worked at Goldman Sachs, private equity firm THL Partners and was managing director of an investment firm. He graduated with a degree in applied economics and management from Cornell University and received his MBA from Harvard Business School.
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