Clark Benson, CEO Clark Benson is the founder and CEO of Ranker, the leading digital media company for opinion-based, crowdsourced rankings on just about everything.Launched in 2009, Ranker is Benson’s fifth startup. Ranker creates editorial lists to vote on about virtually every topic, and the 20million+ monthly audience’s opinions shape the rankings. Prior to Ranker, Benson’s company, eCrush, an early social network for teens, was bought by Hearst Corporation in 2006.