Diosdado Banatao (born May 23, 1946), popularly known by his nickname Dado, is a well-known serial entrepreneur as well as a recognized engineer working in the high-tech industry. A three-time start-up veteran, he co-founded Mostron (PC Motherboards), Chips and Technologies (PC Chip Sets, eventually acquired by Intel), and S3 (originally 2D graphics chips, renamed to SonicBLUE). It is Silicon Valley folklore that he choose the company name S3 to mean "Start-up number 3".

He is currently a managing partner of Tallwood Venture Capital. Prior to Tallwood he was a venture partner with the Mayfield Fund. He has served on the board of directors and as chairman of several emerging companies, including Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), NewPort Communications (acquired by BRCM), and Cyras Systems (acquired by CIEN).

Dado holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Mapua Institute of Technology in the Philippines and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University.

External links

Bio at filipinopeople.com
Bio at Asiaweek