Eric Benhamou

**Éric Benhamou** (an haife shi a shekara ta 1955 a Tlemcen, Algeria) shi ne tsohon Shugaba na 3Com da Palm.

## Tarihin Rayuwa

An haife shi a cikin dangin Yahudawa Sephardic wanda ya samo asali daga Toledo, Spain, Benhamou ya bar Algeria a shekarar 1960 tare da iyayensa a lokacin yakin 'yancin kai na Aljeriya.  Iyalinsa sun zauna a Grenoble, Faransa, inda ya girma kuma ya halarci Lycée Champollion. Ya ci gaba da karatunsa a Paris kuma ya kammala karatunsa tare da "diplôme d'Ingénieur" daga École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers (Ai. 172), shine ƙaramin ɗalibi da ya samu wannan digiri. Daga baya aka ba shi digirin digirgir. A cikin shekarar 1976, yana da shekaru 20, Benhamou ya yi hijira zuwa Amurka kuma ya shiga Jami'ar Stanford. Ya kammala karatunsa na Master of Science.

### 3Com da Palm
Benhamou ya yi aiki a matsayin injiniyan software na shekaru da yawa a Zilog, kamfanin majagaba a masana'antar microprocessors, kuma yayi aiki akan Z-Net, tsarin kwamfuta na cibiyar sadarwa na gida na farko na masana'antar. Ya ci gaba da samar da Bridge Communications a shekarar 1981 wanda ya kware a fasahar sadarwar kwamfuta. Ya kasance mataimakin shugaban kasa lokacin da kamfanin 3Com ya mallaki kamfanin a shekarar 1987. Bayan shekaru uku, Benhamou ya zama shugaban kamfanin 3Com, mukamin da ya rike tsakanin Satumba 1990 da Disamba 2000. A lokacin aikinsa, 3Com ya girma kusan ninki 20 kuma ya zama kamfani na Fortune 500. A cikin 90s, 3Com ya sayi wasu kamfanonin fasaha 30, mafi girma daga cikinsu a cikin 1997 shine Robotics na Amurka na Chicago. Ya ba da don haɓaka abin da ya zama mafi nasara na kwamfuta na hannu a cikin shekaru goma, Palm Pilot. 

Benhamou shine mai haɗin gwiwa na gidauniyar ba  don riba ba na ISRAEL21c. 

## Ganewa
An yi la'akari da fitaccen ɗan kasuwa, Benhamou ya ci kyautar Nessim Habif a cikin shekarar 1997 daga École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers. Ya yi aiki a PITAC, Majalisar Ba da Shawarar Fasaha ta Shugaban Amurka, wanda Shugaba Bill Clinton ya nada. A cikin shekarar 1998, ya sami Medal of Honor of Ellis Island wanda ke ba da mafi kyawun  baƙi na Amurka.

Bayan aikinsa a matsayin Shugaba na 3Com da Palm, Benhamou ya ci gaba da yin aiki a matsayin shugaban kamfanonin biyu har zuwa lokacin da Hewlett-Packard ya saye su a cikin watan Afrilu 2010. Ya shiga kwamitin Cypress Semiconductor a shekarar 1994 kuma ya zama shugaban hukumar a shekarar 1998. Benhamou ya koyar da harkokin kasuwanci a INSEAD daga shekarun 2004 zuwa 2009. Ya shiga hukumar Makarantar Injiniya ta Jami'ar Stanford da Jami'ar Ben-Gurion ta Negev.  A cikin shekarar 2001, ya haɗu da haɗin gwiwar Isra'ila Venture Network, ƙungiyar ba da agaji, kuma ya zama shugabanta. A cikin 2003, Benhamou ya fara babban kamfani na saka hannun jari, Benhamou Global Ventures, kuma ya ci gaba da yin aiki da ƙirƙira da haɓaka sabbin kamfanoni masu farawa a fasahar sadarwa.

## Wa'adi na yanzu

* Wanda ya kafa kuma Babban Abokin Hulɗa, Benhamou Global Ventures
* Memba na kwamitin Cypress Semiconductor
* Shugaban Hukumar, Israel Venture Network
* Shugaban Abokan Amurka na Arts et Métiers ParisTech
* Memba na Kwamitin Injiniya na Jami'ar Stanford

## Abubuwan da suka gabata sun ƙare

* Shugaba kuma Shugaba na 3Com
* Shugaba kuma Shugaba na Palm

## Kyauta

* Nessim Habif Prize 1997
* Medal na Daraja na Ellis Island

## Manazarta

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Benhamou Global Ventures