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 Steve Chen during the "YouTube Traditional Chinese Version Launch Press Conference".
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| Born | August, 1978 Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Occupation | Chief Technology Officer, YouTube |
| Website YouTube |
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- For the supercomputer designer, see Steve Chen (computer engineer).
Steve Shih Chen (traditional Chinese: 陳士駿; pinyin: Chén Shìjùn) (born August 1978) is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of the popular video sharing website YouTube.
Chen grew up in Taipei, Taiwan until the age of 8, when his family emigrated to the United States. He attended high school at John Hersey High School as well as the Illinois Math and Science Academy and college at the 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.1 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
See also
External links
- steve — YouTube profile
- Steve Chen, the local boy that created YouTube — Taipei Times, October 8, 2006
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