Meeting with Eric Benhamou

We will meet first with Mr Eric Benhamou on Monday, January 14th at 10 A.M. in an amphitheater at Stanford University.

 

Eric Benhamou is chairman and CEO of Benhamou Global Ventures, LLC. Benhamou Global Ventures, started in 2003, invests and plays an active role in innovative high tech firms throughout the world. Mr. Benhamou is also the chairman of the board of directors of 3Com Corporation and palmOne, Inc. He served as chief executive officer of Palm, Inc. from October 2001 until October 2003. Benhamou served as chief executive officer of 3Com Corporation from September 1990 until December 31, 2000. 

 

In 1997, former President Bill Clinton appointed Mr. Benhamou to the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee which advises the President on research and development focal points of federal programs to maintain United States leadership in advanced computing and communications technologies and their applications. In 1998, Mr. Benhamou was recognized by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the Foreign Investor Jubilee Award.

 

Mr. Benhamou, 49, holds honorary doctoral degrees from Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Widener University, Western Governors University and the University of South Carolina. He has a Master of Science degree from Stanford University's School of Engineering and a Diplôme d'Ingénieur from Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers, Paris.

Introduction

Hello,

Welcome on the blog of the specialised master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the business school ESCP-EAP. Our master is dedicated to help students in the starting of their own company.

This year, we are a group of 23 students coming from various schools: management, engineering and chemistry.

The purpose of our 2 study trips is discovering Silicon Valleys of the world.

Our first trip will take place in the Silicon Valley of San Francisco at the beginning of January. We are going to meet famous investors, amazing companies and great entrepreneurs.

The second trip will take place in Israel Valley at the end of March. We are going to study how this country managed to reach the highest rate of start-ups per habitants worldwide.

We hope that you will enjoy our experience through this blog.