Benny Aboud

Specialties

Successful businesses, profitable partnerships, game-​changing technology. Benny Aboud is the founder and managing partner of z9 Capital. A life-​long entrepreneur, his businesses have evolved over the years. Benny opened his first business — a wireless phone store — while still in college in New Jersey. He grew this one store to over 120 stores and in 2002, sold them to AT&T Wireless. In 2004, Benny created Elephant Group, Inc. which grew to become DISH Network’s largest seller of satellite television. The company topped sales of over 300,000 new customers by 2006 before diversifying beyond satellite TV and into cable, telephone companies and home security businesses. QologyDirect is a direct-​to-​consumer marketing company which generates 10 million calls per year.