Brian Behlendorf
Chairman at Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc.
Profile
Brian Behlendorf is the founder of CollabNet, Inc. (1999) and The Apache Software Foundation (1999).
He is currently the Chairman of Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc., Director of The Mozilla Foundation, Director of Beneficent Technology, Inc., Executive Director of Hyperledger, and Advisor of Sparklabs Global Ventures Management LLC and Tau Investment Management LLC.
Mr. Behlendorf's former positions include Director of Revolution Analytics, Inc., Board of Directors of Benetech, Inc. (2009-2018), Executive Director of The Linux Foundation (2016-2021), Managing Director of Mithril Capital Management LLC (2013-2016), Chief Engineer-HotWired Division of Condé Nast Entertainment, Inc., and Senior advisor of World Economic Forum (India) (2012-2013).
Mr. Behlendorf received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Mr. Behlendorf is also the founder of Organic, Inc.
Brian Behlendorf active positions
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The Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Mozilla Foundation operates as a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the public benefit. The foundation also wholly owns the subsidiary organization, the Mozilla Corporation. Its purpose is to develop open source, standards compliant, free Internet applications that will be useable free of charge. It was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2009-08-06 |
Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc.
Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc. provides legal and advocacy services. It offers free speech online, fight illegal surveillance, advocate for users and innovators, and support freedom-enhancing technologies. The company was founded by John Perry Barlow and John Gilmore in July 1990 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Chairman | - |
Beneficent Technology, Inc.
Beneficent Technology, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Beneficent Technology, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that develops software for social good. The non-profit company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company's software empowers communities and benefits all of humanity. The company was founded by James R. Fruchterman. Betsy Beaumon has been the CEO of the company since 2018. | Director/Board Member | - |
Hyperledger
Hyperledger Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Hyperledger creates and operates ledger platform. It develops an innovative distributed ledger to allow banks and other financial institutions to clear and settle transactions in real-time. The firm also creates block chain-like settlement networks designed for financial institutions, which provide confirmation times, do no mining at all, and come in either a centralized or decentralized layout. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Sparklabs Global Ventures Management LLC
Sparklabs Global Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Sparklabs Global Ventures Management LLC (Sparklabs Global Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of SparkLabs Co. Ltd. founded in 2013 by Frank Anthony Meehan, Bernard Moon and Han-Joo Lee. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Tau Investment Management LLC
Tau Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Tau Investment Management LLC (Tau Investment Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Oliver Niedermaier. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Former positions of Brian Behlendorf
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The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services The Linux Foundation operates as a non-profit organization which provides support for open source communities. It offers financial and intellectual resources, infrastructure, services, events, and training. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2021-10-01 |
Benetech, Inc.
Benetech, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Benetech, Inc. provides dust control and bulk material handling solutions. Its products include engineered transfer chutes, belt support & containment, dust suppression, washdown systems, wet dust extraction and specialty applications. The firm offers engineering, assessments, plant and training services. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Aurora, IL. | Director/Board Member | 2018-11-01 |
Mithril Capital Management LLC
Mithril Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Mithril Capital Management LLC (Mithril Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Peter Andreas Thiel and Ajay Royan. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | Private Equity Investor | 2016-05-01 |
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Training of Brian Behlendorf
University of California, Berkeley | Undergraduate Degree |
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Private companies | 16 |
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Organic, Inc.
Organic, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Organic, Inc. provides web development and marketing services. The firm offers services to the automotive, entertainment and content, financial services, healthcare, travel and retail industries. The company was founded by Jonathan Nelson, Brain Behlendorf, Cliff Skolnick and Matthew Nelson in 1993 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Revolution Analytics, Inc.
Revolution Analytics, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Revolution Analytics, Inc. provides software and services based on the open source R project for statistical computing. It brings performance, productivity and enterprise readiness to R, statistics language in the world. The firm flagship Revolution R Enterprise product is designed to meet the production needs of large organizations in industries such as finance, life sciences, retail, manufacturing and media. The company was founded by Martin H. Schultz in 2007 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
Benetech, Inc.
Benetech, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Benetech, Inc. provides dust control and bulk material handling solutions. Its products include engineered transfer chutes, belt support & containment, dust suppression, washdown systems, wet dust extraction and specialty applications. The firm offers engineering, assessments, plant and training services. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Aurora, IL. | Producer Manufacturing |
CollabNet, Inc.
CollabNet, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services CollabNet, Inc. provides software development solutions for software-driven organizations. The firm’s products include ALM connect, cloudforge, continuum, giteye, scrumworks pro, subversionedge, teamforge, teamforge SCM, versionone editions and versionone. It also offers product consulting and implementation, agile consulting and transformation services. The company was founded by William J. Portelli and Brian Behlendorf in 1999 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA. | Technology Services |
Condé Nast Entertainment, Inc.
Condé Nast Entertainment, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Condé Nast Entertainment, Inc. develops film, television, and premium digital video programming. The firm's portfolio include Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Brides, Self, GQ, GQ Style, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, Allure, Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, Epicurious, Wired, W, Golf Digest, Golf World, Teen Vogue, Ars Technica, The Scene, Pitchfork and Backchannel. The company was founded by Conde Montrose Nast and Pat Connolly in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Consumer Services |
The Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Mozilla Foundation operates as a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the public benefit. The foundation also wholly owns the subsidiary organization, the Mozilla Corporation. Its purpose is to develop open source, standards compliant, free Internet applications that will be useable free of charge. It was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Commercial Services |
The Apache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services The Apache Software Foundation provides support for the apache community of open-source software projects. The firm's projects are characterized by a collaborative, consensus based development process, an open and pragmatic software license. The company founded by Brian Behlendorf in June, 1999 and is headquartered in Forest Hill, MD. | Technology Services |
Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc.
Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc. provides legal and advocacy services. It offers free speech online, fight illegal surveillance, advocate for users and innovators, and support freedom-enhancing technologies. The company was founded by John Perry Barlow and John Gilmore in July 1990 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services The Linux Foundation operates as a non-profit organization which provides support for open source communities. It offers financial and intellectual resources, infrastructure, services, events, and training. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Critical Path BV
Critical Path BV Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Critical Path specializes in providing advanced consultation and contract programming in system and application levels. The company was founded in 1997 and is located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. | Technology Services |
Mithril Capital Management LLC
Mithril Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Mithril Capital Management LLC (Mithril Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Peter Andreas Thiel and Ajay Royan. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | Finance |
Beneficent Technology, Inc.
Beneficent Technology, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Beneficent Technology, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that develops software for social good. The non-profit company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company's software empowers communities and benefits all of humanity. The company was founded by James R. Fruchterman. Betsy Beaumon has been the CEO of the company since 2018. | Technology Services |
Sparklabs Global Ventures Management LLC
Sparklabs Global Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Sparklabs Global Ventures Management LLC (Sparklabs Global Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of SparkLabs Co. Ltd. founded in 2013 by Frank Anthony Meehan, Bernard Moon and Han-Joo Lee. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco. | Finance |
Hyperledger
Hyperledger Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Hyperledger creates and operates ledger platform. It develops an innovative distributed ledger to allow banks and other financial institutions to clear and settle transactions in real-time. The firm also creates block chain-like settlement networks designed for financial institutions, which provide confirmation times, do no mining at all, and come in either a centralized or decentralized layout. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Tau Investment Management LLC
Tau Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Tau Investment Management LLC (Tau Investment Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Oliver Niedermaier. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
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