Vinod Dham is an inventor, entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is popularly known as the Father of the Pentium chip, for his contribution to the development of highly successful Pentium processors from Intel. He is a mentor, advisor and investor; and sits on the boards of many companies including promising startups funded through his India based fund ? Indo US Venture Partners, where he is the founding Managing Director. Vinod Dham?s accomplishment as the ?Father of Pentium? and as an Indian-American technology pioneer from Silicon Valley, is being celebrated at a first-ever exhibition on South East Asians in the National Museum of Natural History at the storied Smithsonian in Washington DC, highlighting Indian-Americans who have helped shape America. 

January 1st, 1950 in Pune (Age 74)