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Steve Chen
Trần sĩ tuấn
Chen in May 2022
Born(1978-08-25)August 25, 1978(age 45)[1]
Taipei,Taiwan
NationalityAmerican
Taiwanese
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
OccupationSoftware engineer
Known forCo-founder ofYouTube&AVOS
SpousePark Ji-hyun (Jamie Chen)
Children2
Chinese name
Traditional ChineseTrần sĩ tuấn
Simplified ChineseTrần sĩ tuấn
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Shìjùn
Gwoyeu RomatzyhChern Shyhjiunn
Wade–GilesCh'en Shih-chün

Steve Chen(Chinese:Trần sĩ tuấn;Wade–Giles:Chen Shih-chün;born August 25, 1978)[2]is a Taiwanese-AmericanInternet entrepreneurwho is one of the co-founders and previouschief technology officerof the video-sharing websiteYouTube.After he co-founded the companyAVOS Systems,Inc. and built the video-sharing appMixBit,[3]he joinedGoogle Venturesin 2014.[4]

Early years and education

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Chen was born inTaipei,Taiwan.When he was seven years old, he and his family immigrated to the United States[5]and settled inProspect Heights, Illinois.[6]He went toRiver Trails Middle SchoolinMount Prospectfor his middle school education andJohn Hersey High SchoolinArlington Heightsfor his freshman year of high school. For his final three years of high school, he attended theIllinois Mathematics and Science AcademyinAurora, Illinois.At theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,he studiedcomputer science.[7]

Business career

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Chen (middle) with YouTube cofounderChad Hurleyat the 2007All Things Digitalconference

Chen was an employee atPayPal,where he first metChad HurleyandJawed Karim.Chen was also an early employee atFacebook,although he left after several months to start YouTube.[8]

In 2005, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim and Steve Chen founded YouTube, with Chen having the position of chief technology officer. In June 2006, Chen was named byBusiness 2.0as one of "The 50 people who matter now" in business.[9]

On October 16, 2006, Chen and Hurley sold YouTube toGoogle, 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. As of September 2021, the Google shares are valued at almost $1.77 billion.[10]

He and Hurley startedAVOS Systems,which acquiredDeliciousfromYahoo!Inc.[11]

Chen (left) in an interview withAudrey Tang(2022)

Chen was listed as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch byAsian Scientist Magazineon 15 May 2011.[12]

Chen started the live-streaming food network Nom in 2016 along with Vijay Karunamurthy.[13]In 2017, Nom was shut down, with itsTwitterfeed switched to private and its Facebook account left idle since March 2017.[14]

Awards

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Chen was inducted as a Laureate ofThe Lincoln Academy of Illinoisand awarded theOrder of Lincoln(the State's highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2018.[15]

Personal life

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In 2009, Chen married Park Ji-hyun, a Google Korea product marketing manager, who changed her name to Jamie Chen. They now live inTaipei, Taiwanwith their two children. One son was born in July 2010.[16]The Chens are major supporters of theAsian Art Museum of San Francisco,where Jamie was appointed a trustee in July 2012.[17][18]In August 2019, Chen moved back toTaiwanand has resided there since then, along with his family.[19][20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Steve Chen".x.
  2. ^"Steve Chen".x /stevechen/status/1562838188330086400.
  3. ^"YouTube Founders Launch New Video-Sharing App MixBit".PC Magazine.
  4. ^Crook, Jordan (June 6, 2014)."YouTube Co-Founders Split As Hurley Spins Out MixBit And Chen Joins Google Ventures".TechCrunch.RetrievedJanuary 30,2020.
  5. ^"Steve Chen Archives > The Immigrant Learning Center".
  6. ^Rowell, Rebecca (2011-01-01).YouTube: The Company and Its Founders.ABDO.ISBN978-1-61714-813-2.
  7. ^"Steve Chen Profile | University of Illinois 150 Years".uofi150.news-gazette.Retrieved2019-10-04.
  8. ^Heath, Alex; Shontell, Alyson (February 1, 2012)."Facebook's First 20 Employees: Where Are They Now?".Business Insider.RetrievedApril 10,2012.
  9. ^Staff, Business 2.0 (June 21, 2006)."The 50 people who matter now".CNN.{{cite news}}:|first=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^Helft, Miguel (7 February 2007)."YouTube's Payoff: Hundreds of Millions for the Founders".The New York Times.
  11. ^Rosoff, Matt."YouTube Cofounder Steve Chen Explains What He's Doing With His New Company".Business Insider.Retrieved2024-06-04.
  12. ^"The Ultimate List Of 15 Asian Scientists To Watch – Steve Chen".AsianScientist.May 15, 2011.RetrievedJune 6,2011.
  13. ^Lunden, Ingrid (March 9, 2016)."Nom, a foodie-focused live video network from YouTube's Steve Chen, launches with $4.7M".TechCrunch.Retrieved2018-04-24.
  14. ^O'Brien, Chris (April 18, 2018)."YouTube cofounder Steve Chen's foodie livestream network Nom has shut down".VentureBeat.Retrieved2018-04-24.
  15. ^"2018 Laureates Announced".The Lincoln Academy of Illinois.RetrievedMay 31,2018.
  16. ^"YouTube Founder Married Korean Woman".The Chosunilbo.January 19, 2012.RetrievedJanuary 30,2020.
  17. ^"Asian Art Museum".asianart.org.Archived fromthe originalon 2019-06-27.Retrieved2019-05-25.
  18. ^"Asian Art Museum Appoints Seven New Trustees"(PDF).[permanent dead link]
  19. ^Bryan Chou (14 November 2019)."Youtube Co-founder Steve Chen:" It's great time for Taiwan to step up. "".International Entrepreneur Initiative Taiwan: IEIT.Retrieved7 June2021.
  20. ^Akito Tanaka (21 May 2021)."YouTube co-founder Steve Chen bets on Taiwan for next startup".Nikkei Asia.Retrieved7 June2021.
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