Benjamin Todd Jealous is an American political and civic leader and the former president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He is currently a partner at Kapor Capital. Jealous served as the youngest-ever national leader of the NAACP, and earned accolades for reviving the organization by Forbes Magazine, Time Magazine, The Nonprofit Times, and others. In 2013, Jealous was named a Young Global Leader by the Davos World Economic Forum. The Washington Post in 2013 described him as ?one of the nation?s most prominent civil rights leaders.? In 2014 Jealous became a Senior Partner at Kapor Capital, an Oakland-based firm that leverages the tech sector to create progressive social change. He also joined the Center for American Progress as a Senior Fellow. 

January 18th, 1973 in Pacific Grove (Age 51)