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Steve Chen early life
Steve Chen is born in Taiwan in 1978, when he's 15 his family moves to Chicago, Illinois. He eventually attends college at the University of Illinois where he studied Computer Science where he meets Paypal cofounder Max Levchin. -
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Chen works with Paypal
Chen works for Paypal under the recommendation of his classmate, and Paypal co-founder, Max Levchin. His work under Paypal was primarily as a programmer but in his last two years, he worked to get Paypal launched in China. -
Youtube starts up
In 2005 Chen left Paypal to open Youtube alongside Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. With investment money from Sequoia Capital Youtube is able to launch a beta of their site in April 2005. -
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Chen works as Youtube's Chief Technology Officer
Fromm 2005 when it started until 2008 Steve Chen helped run Youtube as its Chief technology officer. -
Youtube's first video is uploaded
Youtube's first video "Me at the zoo" is uploaded by Co-Founder Jawed Hakim. -
Youtube is sold to Google
Chen and Hurley sell Youtube to Google for up to 1.65 billion dollars worth of Google stock. -
Chen leaves Youtube/Google
In 2009 Steve Chen leaves Google and Youtube behind to pursue other endeavors. -
Chen and Hurley form AVOS Systems
Steve Chen and Chad Hurley form the company AVOS systems which buy out a formerly Yahoo-owned bookmarking site called Delicious. -
Chen and Hurley Split
Chen leaves AVOS Systems to rejoin Google Ventures as Chad Hurley focuses the company on a single project MixBit.