31- BOB DeBENEDICTIS — Business owner, philanthropist
Born and raised in Lansdown, Pennsylvania, Bob DeBenedictus is the president of the Robert N. DeBendictis Foundation, based in New York. A graduate of Drexel University, Bob has provided the seed capital for many LGBT business enterprises including LIPS Drag Restaurant, New York’s Next magazine, Manhattan’s Townhouse restaurant and bar, the Pet Foundation headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, and a number of gay Fort Lauderdale resorts including the Windamar Beach Resort, and the Grand Palm Plaza. He makes his home on New York’s Gramercy Park and on the Intracoastal in Fort Lauderdale.
