Blake G. Krikorian (August 18, 1967 – August 3, 2016) was an American technology executive and entrepreneur, co-founder of Sling Media.

Krikorian was born into an Armenian-American family, the eldest son of Gary Krikorian and Joyce (née Srabian). Krikorian graduated from Mountain View High School in Mountain View, California, and in 1989 earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.^[2][3] In high school he was an all-league water polo player and swimmer and was chosen for the Junior National Team in water polo in 1985; he played water polo for the UCLA Bruins from 1986 to 1989.^[2]

Krikorian worked first at General Magic, then in 1994 was a co-founder of Philips Mobile Computing Group, where he was Group Product Manager. He then became Senior Vice President at Metis Associates and led its incubation of Mainbrace Corporation.^[3]

In 2004 he co-founded Sling Media, a consumer electronics company that builds the Slingbox, with his brother Jason Krikorian.^[4][5][6] He served as its CEO. It was purchased in 2007 by Echostar Communications for $380 million;^[7][8] Krikorian remained CEO and a company director until 2009. In January that year he became CEO of id8 Group Productions, where he founded id8 Group R2 Studios in 2011;^[3][4] after that company's acquisition by Microsoft, he became head of Microsoft's interactive entertainment business division.^[3][7]

Krikorian served on the boards of a number of companies, including Amazon.com in 2011–2012.^[3][7] He was also a board partner at the venture capital company Andreessen Horowitz^[6] and was an angel investor in companies including Clicker.com, FreeWheel,^[7] Jaunt,^[5] Doppler Labs, and Thync.^[6]

Krikorian's brother Adam coached the US women's water polo team to gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[6] He was married and had two daughters. He died of a heart attack on August 3, 2016, at the age of 48, after paddleboarding in Pacifica, California.^[7][5]