Dado Banatao is a Filipino entrepreneur and engineer working in the high-tech industry.
He is a three-time start-up veteran, he co-founded Mostron, Chips and Technologies, and S3 Graphics. Filipino electrical engineer and venture capitalist Diosdado Banatao is often tagged as the “Filipino Bill Gates.”
He starts his day by going on a 4-mile run.
He has completed five half-marathons and eight full marathons, including the prestigious New York Marathon.
Before 1996;
- He designed first single-chip 16-bit micro processor-based calculator
- He developed single-chip controller for data-link control and the transreceiver
- He developed first system logic chip set that lowered costs of PCs
- He developed another chipset that enhanced graphic adapters He Setup Chips and Technologies, that he sold for Intel for $430-M in 1996
He designed the PC Chipset, which is inside all PCs today
He grew up in the simple town of Malabbac, Iguig, Cagayan Valley, Philippines.
His father was a rice farmer and his mother was a housekeeper.
He would walk barefoot on the streets and learned math using bamboo sticks.
He recalls that almost all of his classmates would stop school after 6th grade to help their father’s farm.
His father was different.
He never did ask him to help him.
He made it clear that his job was to keep food on the table and Dado’s job was to study.
His father wanted a better life for him.
After graduating from MAPUA, he realized there were no design jobs for Engineers in the Philippines.
He went to the states and studied Masters of Engineering at Stanford University.
After Stanford he built a company, which failed. Without anyone telling him that he could do it, he told it to himself and try again.
At the second try, he succeeded. Dado says that he is not special but he is determined.
While his friends played basketball, he studied.
When people said he could not do it, he told himself he could.
When he failed, he tried again.
Now, Dado wants to give back.
He established PhilDev, which aims to give scholarships and computers to students.
The end goal is for them to start a business, which will hire millions and so on.
He says, “We (Filipinos) know hardship, it is time to learn success.”
He adds, “My life shows that a different path is possible.”
Engineer Dado Banatao, A true Filipino inspiration!
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