Benjamin Clymer

Benjamin "Ben" Clymer (born 1982) is an American businessman known as the executive chairman and founder of Hodinkee, a luxury watch and lifestyle website. He is an influencer in the world of watches.

Education and early life Clymer was born in 1982, and grew up in Brighton, New York, a suburb of Rochester.

Career After graduating college, Clymer worked as a project manager at Swiss investment bank UBS. While at Columbia, also in 2008, he founded Hodinkee as a fan site and blog for watch aficionados. In 2012, Clymer launched Hodinkee's e-commerce platform based on Shopify, and in 2013, Time named Hodinkee one of the 50 best websites in the world. In December 2018, Clymer led the collaboration efforts on the Slim d’Hermès Limited Editions with French luxury goods company Hermes' creative director Pierre-Alexis Dumas.

In September 2020, Clymer was named to Fortune 40 under 40 list, in the category of Media and Entertainment.

Personal life Clymer is a collector of watches and cars, and his collection has been featured in GQ and The Wall Street Journal. Through their shared passion for watches, Clymer has struck up friendships with other well known watch collectors such as musician John Mayer and actor and comedian Aziz Ansari. Clymer's vintage Porsche 356 Zagato Coupe was featured in The Wall Street Journal Clymer is married to Cara Barret, who used to work at Hodinkee, and they live near Pound Ridge in rural New York state.