[5] Borrowing $100 from a bank to get started, Gupta grew infoGroup from a one-man operation to a global employer of over 5,000 with annual revenues of over $750 million.

[9] Former United States President Bill Clinton praised Gupta's and infoGroup's dedication to public service in Clinton's book Giving, which described the company as one that "has made a concerted effort to hire people who were on welfare, as well as people who are disabled or who have to support themselves after getting out of unsafe domestic situations.

"[10] Gupta noted that he was "deeply honored by President Clinton's recognition of infoUSA's hiring programs," and that he was "proud of infoUSA's commitment to providing opportunities to our fellow citizens, helping them achieve financial independence and vocational success whether they are working their way off welfare or overcoming a disability.

"[10] President Clinton appointed Gupta to serve as a trustee of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.[11][12] Gupta was nominated (and confirmed) to serve as the United States Consul General to Bermuda, as well as the United States ambassador to Fiji.

[14] Commodore asked Gupta to gather a list of every mobile home dealer in the United States.

[14] After Gupta realized that most of the available sources were either outdated or incomplete, he ordered all available 4,800 Yellow Pages phone directories and set out to compile the list himself.

[15] Borrowing $100 from a local Nebraska bank, Gupta invested the money in mailers he sent out to other mobile home manufacturers.

[19] Over the next 10 years, Gupta acquired over 45 companies and built infoUSA into a "data-collection industry titan"[20] with annual revenues of over $750 million.

[7] Gupta has pledged to donate all of his wealth to charity,[22] and has made access to quality education a primary focus of his charitable contributions.

"Through his charitable foundation, Gupta has helped advance education across fields including: business, science, information technology, communications, intellectual property law and wildlife preservation.

[26] In the United States, Gupta has donated $2 million to establish a curriculum for small business management at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

He has also donated an additional $500,000 to set up a scholarship fund for minority students who want to enter its science or engineering schools.

the opportunity to learn how to build public-private partnership to enhance and strengthen U.S. foreign policy and development efforts.

[28] The scholarship "support[s] students from developing countries seeking JD or LLM degrees, and those pursuing educational opportunities at the Law School on a non-degree basis.

'"[31] In 2010, Gupta was charged along with two other employees of InfoGroup for "their roles in a scheme in which the CEO funneled illegal compensation to himself in the form of perks worth millions of dollars."

According to the SEC, Gupta paid $7.4 million in fines and penalties, and agreed to be barred from serving as an officer or director of a public company.

[35] In April 2020, Infogroup was awarded US$21.2 million in a copyright case against Gupta, after he was found to have stolen intellectual property and falsely implied that he was still affiliated with the company.

[41] Benjamin Gupta was 28 years old when he died due to complications resulting from an accidental "acute mixed drug intoxication" consisting of oxycodone and alcohol.