Mike Belshe | |
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 Belshe in 2024 | |
| Education | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ((BA) |
| Occupation(s) | CEO, BitGo |
| Website | www |
Mike Belshe (born 1971) is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He's a co-founder and CEO of BitGo, Inc. [1] and a cofounder of Lookout Software in 2004. [2] He is the co-inventor of the SPDY protocol and the lead author of the HTTP/2.0 specification. [3]
Belshe received his bachelor's degree in computer science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
He is also an inventor with over 10 technology patents.
He is a lifelong Bay Area resident and grew up just outside of Berkeley.
Belshe started his career at Hewlett-Packard in 1993 as a software engineer focusing on systems and infrastructure. [4]
In 1995 he joined Silicon Valley startup Netscape Communications Corp., where he worked on the enterprise-level use web server Netscape Enterprise Server. [5] where he worked closely with Ben Horowitz as one of the critical engineers. [6]
He later joined Supernews as VP of applications. [7] He joined Good Technology before co-founding Lookout Software with Eric Hahn. [8] Microsoft eventually acquired Lookout and it became a key feature of Outlook to quickly find information in email inboxes and file folders. [9]
Joining Google in 2006, he was one the early hires working with Sundar Pichai on a project which two years later would become Google Chrome [10] [11] and was part of the Google Chrome Comic. [12] As part of the Chrome team he worked on protocol research, [13] and later co-authored the SPDY protocol. [14] He submitted SPDY to the IETF in 2011, and was an author of HTTP/2. [13]
As part of the IETF standardization effort, Belshe argued for encryption by default within the protocol. [15] [16] The encrypted-by-default approach was later adopted by all major browsers.
Mike went on to co-found the industry-leading cryptocurrency company, BitGo, in 2013. He was quickly named CEO.
In March 2025, BitGo was appointed as the custodian for USD1, a stable coin launched by World Liberty Financial. [17] [18]
Mike has advocated for GOP candidates and staunchly supports clear regulation within the Bitcoin and crypto industry. He firmly believes in allowing capitalism to thrive in emerging industries. [19]
In the leadup to the 2024 Presidential election, he hosted JD Vance for a fundraiser in Palo Alto. [20] [21]
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