Steve Chen
| Steve Chen 陳士駿 |
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 Steve Chen during the "YouTube Traditional Chinese Version Launch Press Conference" |
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| Born | Steven Shih Chen August 18, 1978 Taipei, Taiwan |
| Residence | San Francisco |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Known for | co-founder of YouTube |
| Spouse(s) | Park Ji-hyun (Jamie Chen) |
| Children | one son (born July 2010) |
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Steven Shih "Steve" Chen (traditional Chinese: 陳士駿; simplified Chinese: 陈士骏; pinyin: Chén Shìjùn) (born August 18, 1978) is a Taiwanese American internet entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and previous Chief Technology Officer of the popular website YouTube.[1]
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Early years and education [edit]
Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan. When he was fifteen years old, he and his family immigrated to the United States.[2] He studied computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (class of 2002)[3]
Business career [edit]
Chen was an employee at PayPal, where he first met Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. Chen was also an early employee at Facebook, although he left after several months to start YouTube.[4]
In 2005, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim and Chen founded YouTube, with Chen having the position of Chief Technology Officer. In June 2006, Chen was named by Business 2.0 as one of "The 50 people who matter now" in business.[5]
On October 16, 2006, Chen and Hurley sold YouTube to Google, Inc. for $1.65 billion. Chen received 625,366 shares of Google and an additional 68,721 in a trust as part of the sale. The Google shares that he received were worth $485 miIIion at Google's December 28, 2012 closing stock price.[6]
He and Chad Hurley have now started AVOS Systems which has acquired Delicious from Yahoo! Inc.
Chen has been listed as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine on 15 May 2011.[7]
Personal Life [edit]
Chen married Park Ji-hyun (now Jamie Chen), a Google Korea product marketing manager, in 2009. They live in San Francisco and have one son who was born in July 2010.[8] The Chens are major supporters of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco where Jamie was appointed a trustee in July 2012.[9][10]
References [edit]
- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101030/media_nm/us_youtube
- ^ http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/03/backstage-at-techcrunch-disrupt-beijing-with-youtube-founder-steve-chen/
- ^ University of Illinois Admissions: Celebrity Alumni
- ^ "Facebook's First 20 Employees: Where Are They Now?". Business Insider. February 1, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ "The 50 people who matter now". CNN. June 21, 2006.
- ^ New York Times: YouTube’s Payoff: Hundreds of Millions for the Founders
- ^ "The Ultimate List Of 15 Asian Scientists To Watch – Steve Chen". AsianScientist.com. May 15, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- ^ The Chosun Ilbo (English edition): YouTube Founder Married Korean Woman
- ^ Asian Art Museum: Additional support is provided by Jamie and Steve Chen.
- ^ Asian Art Museum Appoints Seven New Trustees
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Steve Chen |
- Steve Chen's YouTube profile
- Steve Chen, the local boy that created YouTube — Taipei Times, October 8, 2006
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- American computer businesspeople
- American technology chief executives
- American technology company founders
- Businesspeople from Taipei
- Members of Committee of 100
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- PayPal people
- Taiwanese emigrants to the United States
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign alumni
- YouTube
- Google employees
