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Ben du Pont
Chartline Capital Partners
As one of the most visible du Pont family heirs, Ben du Pont has supported the entrepreneurial vision advocated by his late father, former Gov. Pete du Pont IV. A co-founder and managing director at the venture capital fund Chartline Capital Partners, du Pont makes investments in enterprise and industrial technology companies working to make core industries more efficient, reliable, and safe. This year the firm started working with Discover Bank to invest in fintech startups reaching underserved populations. He also co-founded ZipCode Wilmington, which teaches coding for needed local jobs, and saved the Dupont Country Club in 2018.
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David Gillan
County Bank
David Gillan has led the Rehoboth Beach-based County Bank since 2011. He worked his way up the community bank’s hierarchy, starting as a loan officer at its founding in 1990, and has spent nearly 40 years in the banking industry. Today, County Bank is the third largest bank serving Delaware that is also headquartered in the state. Gillan’s leadership has led to appointments on the Federal Reserve of Philadelphia’s advisory council
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and Financial Advisory Committee, which formulates the state’s revenue projections. He also oversaw a rebranding of the bank in 2021.
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Vandell Hampton, Jr.
True Access Capital
As president CEO of True Access Capital, Vandell Hampton Jr. leads Wilmington’s largest community development financial institution (CDFI), a nonprofit lender that utilizes both federal funds and private sector donations to reach distressed communities at favorable terms. He took the helm of what was then First State Community Loan Fund in 2004. Under his leadership, the nonprofit has provided over
$20 million in financing to small businesses and community organizations throughout Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania, undergone a comprehensive rebranding campaign to True Access and taken over the Women’s Business Center to support female entrepreneurs.
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Tom Horne
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
As the leader of Delaware’s largest for- profit employer, Tom Horne oversees more than 11,000 workers as head
of credit card operations, customer service and consumer branch banking for JPMorgan Chase. The veteran of MBNA has helped turn Chase into a major economic force and community supporter for its Wilmington home base and Delaware at large. A lifelong Delawarean, Horne has also been a proponent for the growth of finance and fintech jobs in the state by advising the University of Delaware’s Lerner School of Business and Economics, with which Chase has partnered.
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