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Eric S Yuan [5] (Chinese: 袁征; pinyin: Yuán Zhēng; born 20 February 1970) is a Chinese-American billionaire businessman, engineer, and the chief executive officer and founder of Zoom Video Communications, of which he owns 22%.
In 2020, Zoom became a lifeline for fostering community at a moment of acute isolation.
Sep 23, 2020 · The 100 Most Influential People of 2020. Eric Yuan. Ethan Pines—The Forbes Collection/Contour/Getty Images. By Kai-Fu Lee. September 22, 2020 9:34 PM EDT. Zoom is the defining company of the...
Aug 13, 2020 · When Eric Yuan was a university student in China, he grew tired of taking 10-hour train rides to visit his girlfriend. He came up with the idea of a video conferencing application.
- Taking Inspiration from Gates
- Starting Out in The States
- The Growth of Zoom
- The Impact of Covid-19
After completing his undergraduate degree, Yuan embarked on a master’s degree in geology engineering from China University of Mining and Technology in Bejing. He continued to live in Bejing following his master’s degree and attended training sessions in Japan for four months. It was in Japan where Yuan saw Bill Gates speak at a conference in 1995 w...
WebEx was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2007 and at the same time, Yuan became vice president of engineering. Just four years later Yuan pitched a new smart-phone friendly video conferencing system to Cisco management. The company rejected Yuan’s idea so the entrepreneur left to establish his own company, Zoom Video Communications in 2011. Originall...
After years of development, Zoom became one of the most widely used web-conferencing products in the world. Over 40 million had used the platform and the company had gained more than 2,500 academic customers since 2015. "During the early stages of Zoom, I personally emailed every customer who cancelled our service," Yuan said in an interview with T...
The COVID-19 pandemic saw more and more people and businesses turn to Zoom for business meetings or to catch up with family and friends during isolation. This acceleration saw Yuan’s wealth increase and as of September 2020 his estimated net worth was around US$16.4bn, a figure 360% higher than his net worth at the beginning of the year. During the...
Jul 11, 2022 · Eric Yuan founded Zoom in 2011, after working as an engineer at Cisco’s WebEx for more than a decade. Zoom — which Yuan called his “first kid” during our interview — was born not just out of...
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Apr 13, 2022 · As COVID spread like invisible wildfire and the world went into lockdown, Zoom founder and CEO Eric S. Yuan saw his company’s mandate change in real time. Zoom was already a thriving company that had gone public the previous year—but video conferencing was no longer just a business tool.
