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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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.<ref>[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/01/19/2012011900934.html The Chosun Ilbo (English edition): YouTube Founder Married Korean Woman]</ref> The Chens are major supporters of the [[Asian Art Museum of San Francisco]] where Jamie was appointed a trustee in July 2012.<ref>[http://www.asianart.org/family.htm Asian Art Museum: Additional support is provided by Jamie and Steve Chen.]</ref><ref>[http://www.asianart.org/documents/trusteeannouncementfinal07.02.12.pdf Asian Art Museum Appoints Seven New Trustees]</ref>
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.<ref>[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/01/19/2012011900934.html The Chosun Ilbo (English edition): YouTube Founder Married Korean Woman]</ref> The Chens are major supporters of the [[Asian Art Museum of San Francisco]] where Jamie was appointed a trustee in July 2012.<ref>[http://www.asianart.org/family.htm Asian Art Museum: Additional support is provided by Jamie and Steve Chen.]</ref><ref>[http://www.asianart.org/documents/trusteeannouncementfinal07.02.12.pdf Asian Art Museum Appoints Seven New Trustees]</ref> He is no living with his son Joe Chen, in the United Kingdom, Tunbridge wells


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 14:30, 15 November 2013

For the designer of supercomputers, see Steve Chen (computer engineer).

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Steve Chen
陳士駿
Steve Chen during the "YouTube Traditional Chinese Version Launch Press Conference"
Born
Steven Shih Chen

(1978-08-18) August 18, 1978 (age 45)
Taipei, Taiwan
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
OccupationCo-Founder of AVOS Systems
Known forCo-Founder of YouTube
SpousePark Ji-hyun (Jamie Chen)
Childrenone son (born July 2010)
WebsiteYouTube

Template:Contains Chinese text 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 best known as the co-founder and previous Chief Technology Officer of the popular website YouTube.[1] He currently owns and runs the company called MixBit.[2]

Early years and education

Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan. When he was fifteen years old, he and his family immigrated to the United States.[3] He went to River Trails Middle School in Mount Prospect for his middle school education and John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights for his freshman year of high school. For his final three years of high school, he attended the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois. At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he studied computer science. He graduated in 2002. [4]

Business career

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.[5]

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.[6]

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 reported to be worth over $326 million about 1 year later.[7]

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.[8]

Personal life

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.[9] The Chens are major supporters of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco where Jamie was appointed a trustee in July 2012.[10][11] He is no living with his son Joe Chen, in the United Kingdom, Tunbridge wells

References

  1. ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101030/media_nm/us_youtube
  2. ^ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2422849,00.asp
  3. ^ http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/03/backstage-at-techcrunch-disrupt-beijing-with-youtube-founder-steve-chen/
  4. ^ University of Illinois Admissions: Celebrity Alumni
  5. ^ "Facebook's First 20 Employees: Where Are They Now?". Business Insider. February 1, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  6. ^ "The 50 people who matter now". CNN. June 21, 2006.
  7. ^ New York Times: YouTube’s Payoff: Hundreds of Millions for the Founders
  8. ^ "The Ultimate List Of 15 Asian Scientists To Watch – Steve Chen". AsianScientist.com. May 15, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  9. ^ The Chosun Ilbo (English edition): YouTube Founder Married Korean Woman
  10. ^ Asian Art Museum: Additional support is provided by Jamie and Steve Chen.
  11. ^ Asian Art Museum Appoints Seven New Trustees

External links

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