Steve Chen

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Steve Chen, along with Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim, founded YouTube in 2005. He and Hurley sold the company to Google in 2006 for $1.65 Billion.
Fast Facts:
1. Born: August, 1978
2. Position: CTO, YouTube
3. Grew up in Taiwan
4. Age 15, family emigrated to a suburb of Chicago
5. Attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
6. Chen was an early employee of Paypal
Early Life

Steve Chen was born and raised in Taiwan until the age of eight. He moved with his family to Illinois and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
YouTube

After graduation he worked for PayPal, where he met coworkers Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. The three broke off to form YouTube in 2005. In 2006, they sold YouTube to Google for $1.65 billion, and Chen is currently serving as its CTO. Chen's shares in Google were valued at $350 million in October, 2007.

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Steve Chen on Amazon
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Steve Chen Questions

Which "Steve" came up with the name: Apple Computer?

Steve Jobs came up with the name. read more

Why did the actor playing Steve Rhoades leave "Married.. With Children"? 1 Answer

---Quote--- Steve was written out of the show in the middle of the fourth season; Garrison had decided he no longer wanted to be tied down to a weekly televisio... read more

How will Apple Stock (aapl) be effected when Steve Jobs dies? 3 Answers

I definitely think it would drop for a time. Maybe month while the company restructures and they name a successor. Depending on who's named and how he works o... read more

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Steve Chen Professional Profile
- Current Projects:
  - CTO, YouTube
- Past Projects:
  - Co-Founder, YouTube
  - Employee, PayPal

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- @georgethechen hey everyone at revolver agrees that you should change the name of chen santa maria to "george & steve!"
- @BigWestMD Wow! Yo never cease to amaze Steve Chen.
- @cmoderno Estou procurando este Steve Chan, da Mesbla.. no Google... seria Steve Chen? Ele é brasileiro?
- RTSanFranciscoRSSSentinel| YouTube LAUNCHES CHANNEL FOR CITIZEN JOURNALISTS: Chad Hurley (L) and Steve Chen, co-found.. http://bit.ly/3xsNIx
- Sentinel| YouTube LAUNCHES CHANNEL FOR CITIZEN JOURNALISTS: Chad Hurley (L) and Steve Chen, co-found.. http://bit.ly/3xsNIx
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