# Fred Benenson

> Fred Benenson is an American programmer, founder, entrepreneur, and writer. He was the second employee of Kickstarter and worked at Y Combinator. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, WIRED, and the Los Angeles Times, and in 2009, he created Emoji Dick, an emoji translation of Moby-Dick which was acquired by the Library of Congress in 2013.

*American programmer, entrepreneur and photographer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/fred-benenson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Country:** United States
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Fred Benenson is an American programmer, founder, entrepreneur, and writer. He was the second employee of Kickstarter and worked at Y Combinator. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, WIRED, and the Los Angeles Times, and in 2009, he created Emoji Dick, an emoji translation of Moby-Dick which was acquired by the Library of Congress in 2013.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 36.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 9.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 1.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 52.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 64.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Fred Benenson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Benenson)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57268302)

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