The biography of Steve Chen

Steve Chen grew up in Taiwan until age 15 when his family immigrated to the United States. He graduated from John Hersey High School, attended AL Illinois Math and Science Academy and the University of the Same State at Urbana-Champaign. 


He was employed by PayPal, where he met Hurley and Jawed Karim Achad. The three founded YouTube in 2005; A website designed to simplify video sharing online. 


YouTube quickly became one of the web's fastest-growing sites, and was ranked as the 10th most popular website just a year after its launch. There are reportedly 100 million clips viewed daily on YouTube, with an additional 65,000 new videos uploaded every 24 hours. Chen currently serves as Chief Technology Officer and was named one of the "The 50 people who matter now" by Business 2.0. 

He and Hurley sold YouTube to Google, Inc. for $1.65 billion in stock.