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Moshe Yanai ((ヘブライ語:משה ינאי); born 1949) is an Israeli electrical engineer. He is an inventor,〔(Moshe Yanai's patents at prior-ip.com ) Retrieved 5-27-2011.〕 businessman, entrepreneur,〔 aviator (pilot),〔("הג'וב החדש של משה ינאי: יטיס אנשי עסקים במסוק - The new job of Moshe Yanai: Will fly businessmen by helicopter" ) ''TheMarker'', September 2, 2010 (in Hebrew; for a printer friendly version click (here ); for an English version use, e.g., Google Web-page translation). Retrieved 11-13-2010.〕 investor,〔〔("EMC transfers its R&D to Diligent" ) ''HA'ARETZ'', November 12, 2002 (for a printer friendly version click (here )). Retrieved 11-13-2010.〕 and philanthropist.〔("Mr Nice Guy" ) ''TechnionFOCUS'', October 2010. Retrieved 12-16-2010.〕〔("New bird research fund to take flight next week" ) ''The Jerusalem Post'' 11/29/2010.〕 He led the development of the EMC Symmetrix, the flagship product of EMC Corporation in the 1990s. == Biography == Moshe Yanai was born in 1949 in Israel, and earned a B.Sc. in electrical engineering in 1975 from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Yanai began his career building IBM-compatible mainframe data storage based on minicomputer disks for Elbit Systems (a joint project with Nixdorf Computer). He went on to develop high-end storage systems for Nixdorf in the United States. Yanai joined EMC in 1987, and managed the Symmetrix development, software and hardware, from its inception in the late 1980s〔(Axxana board of directors ) See Moshe Yanai. Retrieved 2-26-2011.〕 until shortly before leaving EMC in 2001.〔EMC Company Web site, November 29, 2001: ("EMC Strengthens Operational Alignment" ) See paragraph about Moshe Yanai. Retrieved 10-24-2010.〕 His development team grew from several people, recruited among his former Israeli colleagues, to thousands, while he was holding the position of Vice President of EMC's Symmetrix group.〔 The Symmetrix is the main reason for the rapid growth of EMC in the 1990s, both in size and value, from a company with a fading business of (minicomputer) computer memory boards, valued in several millions of dollars, to a hundreds-of-billions company.〔EMC Company Web site, July 19, 2000: ("EMC Reports 43% Growth in Storage Revenue, First $2 Billion Quarter" ) Retrieved 10-24-2010.〕〔EMC Corp. at Yahoo Stock - Historical Prices () Retrieved 04-30-2015.〕 Before leaving he became an EMC Fellow.〔 Yanai funded〔 and led an Israeli storage startup company, XIV,〔(XIV Storage Web site ) Retrieved 11-11-2010.〕 which was bought by IBM in January 2008 (IBM paid an estimated $300 million for a company invested in with an estimated $3 million).〔("Why did IBM buy XIV? IBM's XIV Purchase background" ), ''TecWorld'', January 4, 2008. Retrieved 11-11-2010.〕 Yanai continued leading XIV〔XIV Storage Web site: (about ) Retrieved 2-26-2011.〕 and became an IBM Fellow.〔IBM Company Web site: (IBM Fellow Moshe Yanai ), Retrieved 11-11-2010.〕 IBM XIV Storage System became an IBM storage product.〔IBM Company Web site: (IBM XIV Storage System ) Retrieved 3-1-2011.〕 Shortly later, in April 2008, IBM bought Diligent Technologies,〔IBM Company Web site: Press release 18 April 2008 (IBM Acquires Storage Company Diligent Technologies ) Retrieved 3-1-2011.〕 another storage company co-founded by Yanai.〔 He left IBM in 2010 .〔("ינאי נתן, ינאי לקח - Yanai gave, Yanai took" ) ''Calcalist'', September 7, 2010 (In Hebrew; a printer friendly version (here ); for an English version use, e.g., Google Web-page translation). Retrieved 11-11-2010.〕 In 2011 he founded (INFINIDAT ), a data storage company for the enterprise, high-end market. In April 2015, INFINIDAT announced a $150 million investment led by TPG Capital.〔INFINIDAT Website, April 30, 2015: (a $150 million investment "Infinidat Announces $150 Million Investment Led by TPG, Eclipses $1B Valuation" ) Retrieved 04-30-2015.〕 According to the Wall Street Journal, this investment placed INFINIDAT among the most valuable privately held companies in the world.〔Wall Street Journal, April 30, 2015: ("Data Storage Startup Infinidat Raises $150 Million at $1.2 Billion Valuation" ) Retrieved 04-30-2015.〕 Yanai is an inventor/co-inventor of about 40 US patents in the field of electronic data storage. In June 2011 his Alma mater, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, awarded him the honor Distinguished Fellow of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, and in 2012, conferred upon him an Honorary Doctorate. He has been a board of directors member of several companies.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moshe Yanai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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