Silicon Valley entrepreneur Blake Krikorian dies, tech world mourns loss

The tech world plunged into collective mourning on Friday after the Recode website reported the death of Silicon Valley entrepreneur Blake Krikorian. The 48-year-old Krikorian had apparently died while surfing in San Francisco on Wednesday.

Krikorian has been the co-founder, CEO and chairman of Sling Media that he had set up in June 2004 along with his brother Jason. They had later sold Slingbox to Echostar Communications in 2007 for $380 million. . According to his LinkedIn profile, his last-held position was the CEO of id8 Group R2 Studios. He was also on the Amazon’s board of directors.

Gutted. Blake was so full of life; as generous of heart as he was intelligent & creative. He'll be deeply missed. https://t.co/iZJkrVzbeI

— Jeff Weiner (@jeffweiner) August 4, 2016

Devastating news. Such an awesome guy. Hard to imagine. https://t.co/SAKwhpKgVl

— mark pincus (@markpinc) August 4, 2016

What a loss: Blake was more than a visionary entrepreneur, he was a genuinely nice, caring member of our community https://t.co/2xNsaEBJua

— Eric Hippeau (@erichippeau) August 4, 2016

My fav memory of Blake was one yr @ our D Conference when I saw him toss his 2 girls in the pool. Pure joy. https://t.co/VcA9mVOAkz

— Katie Boehret (@KatieBoehret) August 5, 2016

Infinite reasons why Blake was so special. I loved that he loved an unfair fight. He always rooted for the underdog and loved being one.

— Jason Hirschhorn (@JasonHirschhorn) August 4, 2016