Daniel Ben-Horin is an American social entrepreneur,[1] known for founding the technology assistance nonprofit CompuMentor, now known as TechSoup, in the late 1980s.

[2] He is also a former journalist who has written for publications such as The Arizona Republic, The Nation, The NY Times, and Mother Jones.

[3] Ben-Horin was born to Jewish parents from Latvia and Ukraine, who both emigrated separately to British Mandatory Palestine and met on a kibbutz in 1930.

[4] In 1985, Ben-Horin became active on the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (WELL),[11] where he encountered technologists who wanted to share their knowledge with nonprofits, but had no outlet to do so.

[12] The following year, Ben-Horin approached WELL members with a printer problem and was overwhelmed by the assistance he received in resolving the issue.