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 1978 (age 33) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Children | one |
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Steven Shih "Steve" Chen (traditional Chinese: 陳士駿; simplified Chinese: 陈士骏; pinyin: Chén Shìjùn born August, 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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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early years and education
Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan. When he was eight years old, he and his family emigrated to the United States.[2]
[edit] Business career
He was an early employee at PayPal, where he met Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. In 2005, the three founded YouTube. He has previously held the position of Chief Technology Officer at YouTube, and is currently employed by Google.[3] Chen was also an early employee at Facebook, although he left after several months to start YouTube.[4] 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 $350 million at Google's October 30, 2007 closing stock price.[6] Chen has been listed as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine on 15 May 2011.[7] He and Chad Hurley have now started AVOS Systems which has acquired Delicious from Yahoo! Inc.
[edit] References
- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101030/media_nm/us_youtube
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRyOSwxNF9Q&feature=relmfu
- ^ http://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-cofounder-leaves-no-one-notices-2009-6
- ^ "Facebook's First 20 Employees: Where Are They Now?". Business Insider. February 1, 2012. http://www.businessinsider.com/facebooks-first-20-employees-where-are-they-now-2012-2#steve-chen-left-facebook-after-a-few-short-months-to-start-youtube-11. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ "The 50 people who matter now". CNN. June 21, 2006. http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/21/technology/50whomatter.biz2/.
- ^ 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. http://www.asianscientist.com/list/steven-shih-chen//. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Steve Chen |
- Steve's Youtube profile
- Steve Chen, the local boy that created YouTube — Taipei Times, October 8, 2006
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