Steve Chen
Steve Chen 陳士駿 | |
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 Steve Chen during the "YouTube Traditional Chinese Version Launch Press Conference". | |
| Born | August, 1978 (age 32) |
| Website | YouTube |
Steven Shih Chen (Chinese: 陳士駿; pinyin: Chén Shìjùn) (born August 1978) is a Taiwanese American and a co-founder and previous Chief Technology Officer of the popular video sharing website YouTube.[1]
Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan. When he was eight years old, he and his family emigrated to the United States. Before that, he passed his two-year-childhood[vague] in Ching Shin Elementary School, Taiwan. He attended River Trails Middle School in Mt. Prospect , Illinois and later John Hersey High School and Illinois Math and Science Academy, later attending University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an early employee at PayPal, where he met Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. In 2005, the three founded YouTube. He currently holds the position of Chief Technology Officer at YouTube. Chen was also an early employee at Facebook, although he left after several months to start YouTube.[citation needed] In June 2006, Chen was named by Business 2.0 as one of "The 50 people who matter now" in business.[2]
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.[3]
Chen's favorite "YouTuber's" include Charles Trippy & Alli Speed (CTFxC), Shay Carl, the SHAYTARDS and KassemG.
References
External links
- steve — YouTube profile
- Steve Chen, the local boy that created YouTube — Taipei Times, October 8, 2006
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