From Cagayan Valley to Silicon Vallley

An interview with Dado Banatao

Inventor, visionary, and venture capitalist, Dado Banatao, the most well-known Filipino-American entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, shares his insights on entrepreneurship, education, and engineering.

Diosdado “Dado” Banatao is the most well-known Filipino-American entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. He grew up in Barrio Malabbac, Iguig, Cagayan in the northern part of Luzon. In his youth, the place had no running water and electricity. His father was a farmer, and many of his friends never studied past grade school. For the past few years, he has been consistently in Forbes’ Midas List and has been praised for having “developed advanced chip designs that helped put Silicon Valley on the map.” In 1997, he received the prestigious Master Entrepreneur of the Year (in the US) award from Ernst & Young.

Dado takes some time out of his still hectic workweek to share with the SGV Review his thoughts on entrepreneurship, engineering, and education.

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Francis L. Huang writes this article for the SGV Review.