Karen Wendel

Director/Board Member at BENEFICIENT

Net worth: 124 790 $ as of 2026-05-30

68 year

3 connections

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Karen J.
Wendel is the founder of Trustchains LLC, founded in 2016, serving as President & Chief Executive Officer.
Current jobs include Chief Executive Officer at Ponto Software, Inc., and Independent Director at Beneficient since 2024.
Former jobs include Chief Executive Officer at eFinance Corp.
from 2001 to 2003, Chief Executive Officer at IdenTrust, Inc. from 2003 to 2016, Independent Director at LF Capital Acquisition Corp., Partner at The Capital Markets Co. BV, and Head-US Financial Services Practice at Gemini Consulting, Inc. Education includes undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
BENEFICIENT CLASS A 0.24%	2026-02-12	33,727 ( 0.24% )	124 790 $	2026-05-30

Karen Wendel active positions

Companies	Position	Start
BENEFICIENT	Director/Board Member	2024-11-20
Trustchains LLC	Chief Executive Officer	2016-02-29
Ponto Software, Inc. Ponto Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops a software to link global financial products for local economies	Chief Executive Officer	-

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Former positions of Karen Wendel

Companies	Position	End
IdenTrust, Inc. IdenTrust, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides identity authentication solutions	Chief Executive Officer	2016-01-31
eFinance Corp. eFinance Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides credit decision and risk management solutions	President	2002-12-31
Gemini Consulting, Inc.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
LF CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.	Director/Board Member	-
The Capital Markets Co. BV /BE/ The Capital Markets Co. BV /BE/ Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides consulting and technology services	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Linked companies

Private companies	9
eFinance Corp. eFinance Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides credit decision and risk management solutions	Technology Services
Brigham Young University Brigham Young University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
The Capital Markets Co. BV /BE/ The Capital Markets Co. BV /BE/ Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides consulting and technology services	Commercial Services
IdenTrust, Inc. IdenTrust, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides identity authentication solutions	Commercial Services
Gemini Consulting, Inc.
LF Capital Acquisition Corp. LF Capital Acquisition Corp. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides investment services	Finance
Trustchains LLC
Ponto Software, Inc. Ponto Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops a software to link global financial products for local economies	Technology Services
Beneficient Beneficient Investment ManagersFinance Operates as a technology-enabled financial services holding company	Finance