Steve Chen facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Steve Chen
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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 (born August 25, 1978) is a Taiwanese-American Internet entrepreneur and software engineer. He is most famous for being one of the co-founders of the video-sharing website YouTube. As the company's first chief technology officer, he was in charge of building the technology that made YouTube work.
After selling YouTube, he started other companies, including AVOS Systems, Inc., and later joined Google Ventures to help other new companies.
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Early Life and Schooling
Steve Chen was born in Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan. When he was seven years old, his family moved to the United States and settled in Illinois.
He was a very bright student. For his last three years of high school, he attended the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, a special school for students gifted in those subjects. After high school, he went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to study computer science. However, in 1999, he decided to leave college early to move to Silicon Valley and start his career in the tech world.
Career in Technology
Chen's first major job was at PayPal, an online payment company. It was there that he met Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim, who would later become his partners in creating YouTube. Chen also worked at Facebook for a short time before leaving to focus on his own big idea.
Creating YouTube
In 2005, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim worked together to launch YouTube. Chen took on the role of chief technology officer. This meant he was responsible for all the technical parts of the website, making sure that millions of people could upload and watch videos smoothly.
His work was quickly noticed. In June 2006, the magazine Business 2.0 named him one of "The 50 people who matter now" in the business world.
Selling YouTube to Google
On October 16, 2006, Chen and his partners sold YouTube to Google for $1.65 billion. This was a huge deal that made headlines around the world. As part of the sale, Chen received a large amount of Google's stock, which made him very wealthy.
What Came After YouTube?
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After YouTube, Chen didn't stop creating. He and Chad Hurley started a new company called AVOS Systems. One of their projects was buying the website Delicious from Yahoo!.
In 2011, Asian Scientist magazine listed Chen as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch.
Later, in 2016, he launched Nom.com, a website focused on live-streaming for people who love food. The site was shut down in 2017.
Awards and Recognition
In 2018, Steve Chen received the Order of Lincoln from the state of Illinois. This is the highest award the state gives to honor people who have brought great pride to Illinois through their work.
Personal Life
In 2009, Chen married Park Ji-hyun, who now goes by the name Jamie Chen. She used to work for Google in Korea. They have two children.
The Chen family supports the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, and Jamie became a trustee of the museum in 2012. In 2019, Chen and his family moved back to Taipei, Taiwan, where he was born.
See also
In Spanish: Steve Chen (YouTube) para niños
- Jawed Karim
- Chad Hurley
- List of Taiwanese Americans
- Taiwanese Americans
