Alex Balkanski

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Who is Alex Balkanski?

Prior to joining Benchmark, Alex led C-Cube

and DiviCom, two pioneering companies that drove the MPEG standard to

dominance in consumer electronics and broadcasting. Alex founded C-Cube

in 1988. In 1994, he took the company public, and in 1998 he

orchestrated C-Cube’s acquisition of DiviCom. By 2000, C-Cube was

generating a half-billion dollars in annual revenue with 1,200

employees worldwide.

Widely recognized as industry leaders,

C-Cube and DiviCom were the recipients of several prestigious awards,

including an Emmy—the first ever awarded to a semiconductor company.

C-Cube was also voted the Most Respected Public Company as well as the

Best Financially Managed Company by the Fabless Semiconductor

Association. By the time C-Cube was acquired by LSI Logic in 2001, the company was

generating a half-billion dollars in annual revenue and had 1,200

employees worldwide. C-Cube is now the consumer division of LSI Logic,

and DiviCom represents the largest part of Harmonic.

Alex serves on the Boards of Ambarella, Aspendos,

Decru (acquired by Network

Appliance),

Entrisphere, Infinera,

Mu Security, Newport

Media, Picarro

and Xoomsys.

Alex holds a Ph.D. and a master’s degree from Harvard University as well as a B.S. from Harvard College.

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Also known as
  • Alexandre Balkanski
Profession
Education
  • Doctorate, Harvard University
  • Master's Degree, Harvard University
  • Bachelor of Science, Harvard College
Employment
  • DiviCom
    (1998 - )
  • Founder, C-Cube Microsystems
    (1988 - )
  • General Partner, Benchmark
    (2000 - )

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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