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Greg Tseng
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Greg Yuchang Tseng
November 14, 1979 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Stanford University (PhD) |
| Occupation | American Internet entrepreneur |
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Greg Yuchang Tseng was born on November 14, 1979. He is an American Internet entrepreneur who was born in Taiwan. He is known for being a co-founder and the CEO of a social networking website called Tagged. He also led a company named JumpStart Technologies, LLC.
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Early Life and School
Greg Tseng was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He grew up in Washington, Virginia, in the United States. His family was Taiwanese American.
Amazing Achievements in School
Greg went to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. He won many awards for his skills in math and science.
- In 1993, he placed 9th in the national MathCounts competition.
- In 1994, he got a perfect score and tied for 1st place in the American High School Mathematics Exam.
- He qualified for the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad every year from 1994 to 1997.
He was also a finalist in the 1997 Westinghouse Science Talent Search. This was for a science project about a special sensor. His project was even featured in a timeline about physics history. He was also added to The National Gallery for America's Young Inventors.
College and Research
From 1997 to 2004, Greg worked as a researcher in nanotechnology. This is a field that deals with very, very tiny things. He worked at places like The MITRE Corporation, Harvard University, and Stanford University.
In 2001, Greg earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University. He studied Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics. He also helped write an article about tiny carbon tubes that could be used for computer memory. This idea led to a company called Nantero. He then went to Stanford University and earned his Ph.D. in physics in 2004.
Starting Businesses
While at Harvard, Greg was in charge of the Harvard Entrepreneurs Club from 1998 to 2000. He also helped write a book called The Harvard Entrepreneurs Club Guide to Starting Your Own Business.
First Online Ventures
In 1999, Greg and two friends started a website called flyingchickens.com. This site helped Harvard students compare prices for textbooks. In 2000, this service grew and was available at over 80 college campuses. Greg and other young entrepreneurs were even featured in The New York Times and Fast Company magazines.
While still at Harvard, Greg also co-founded Jumpstart Technologies with his friend Johann Schleier-Smith. Jumpstart helped start other internet businesses. These included an online dating site called CrushLink and a social networking site called hi5.
Creating Tagged
In October 2004, Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith started Tagged. BusinessWeek magazine named them among Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs. They even received a U.S. patent for their idea of "User created tags for online social networking." This idea led to over 200,000 user-created tags on Tagged.
At first, Tagged was mainly for teenagers. But Greg wanted the business to grow. He expanded Tagged to include people aged 13 and older in all countries. In 2007, he changed Tagged's main goal. It became a social network where people could meet new friends. He called this "social discovery." As of July 2025, Greg is still the CEO of Tagged. He also gives advice to other new technology companies in Silicon Valley.
