Steve Chen facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Steve Chen
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| 陳士駿 | |||||||||||
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Chen in May 2022
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| Born | August 25, 1978 |
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| Education | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Software engineer | ||||||||||
| Known for | Co-founder of YouTube & AVOS | ||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Park Ji-hyun (Jamie Chen) | ||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳士駿 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈士骏 | ||||||||||
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Steve Chen (Chinese: 陳士駿; Wade–Giles: Chen Shih-chün; born August 25, 1978) is a Taiwanese-American software engineer. He is also an Internet entrepreneur. Steve Chen is famous for being one of the people who started the video-sharing website YouTube. He was also YouTube's first chief technology officer. After YouTube, he helped create a company called AVOS Systems. He later joined Google Ventures in 2014.
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Early Life and Education
Steve Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan. When he was seven years old, his family moved to the United States. This happened in 1986. They settled in a place called Prospect Heights, Illinois.
For middle school, he went to River Trails Middle School. This school is in Mount Prospect. He started high school at John Hersey High School. Then, for his last three years, he attended the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. This special school is in Aurora, Illinois.
After high school, Chen studied computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1999, he decided to leave the university. He moved to Silicon Valley to start his career.
Building a Career in Technology
Steve Chen worked at a company called PayPal. There, he met Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim for the first time. He also worked for a short time at Facebook. But he left Facebook after a few months. He wanted to start a new project: YouTube.
In 2005, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim started YouTube. Steve Chen became the chief technology officer. This meant he was in charge of all the technology. In 2006, a business magazine called Business 2.0 recognized him. They named him one of "The 50 people who matter now" in business.
On October 16, 2006, Chen and Hurley sold YouTube. They sold it to Google, Inc. for a lot of money, $1.65 billion. As part of the sale, Steve Chen received many shares of Google stock. These shares were worth a lot of money.
After YouTube, Steve Chen and Chad Hurley started a new company. It was called AVOS Systems. This company bought Delicious, which was a popular website.
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In 2016, Chen started a new online food network. It was called Nom.com. He created it with Vijay Karunamurthy. Nom.com was a place for live-streaming food shows. However, Nom.com closed down in 2017.
Awards and Recognition
In 2018, Steve Chen received a special award. He was honored by The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. He was given the Order of Lincoln. This is the highest honor given by the state of Illinois.
Personal Life and Family
In 2009, Steve Chen married Park Ji-hyun. She was a product marketing manager for Google Korea. She later changed her name to Jamie Chen. They have two children together. Their son was born in July 2010.
The Chens are big supporters of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Jamie Chen became a trustee at the museum in 2012. In August 2019, the Chen family moved to Taipei, Taiwan.
See also
In Spanish: Steve Chen (YouTube) para niños
- Jawed Karim
- Chad Hurley
- List of Taiwanese Americans
- Taiwanese Americans
