UCSF Neurosciences Initiative Leadership Council - Support UCSF
UCSF Neurosciences Initiative Leadership Council - Support UCSF
UCSF Neurosciences Initiative Leadership Council - Support UCSF
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Steven Chen<br />
Steven Chen co-founded YouTube, a premier entertainment destination and<br />
one of the most popular websites on the Internet, in 2005. As the company’s<br />
key technologist, Mr. Chen is credited with developing the company’s<br />
data centers. He was instrumental in building YouTube into a viral video<br />
phenomenon and helped lead the company through its acquisition by Google<br />
for $1.65 billion less than a year after launching the site.<br />
Mr. Chen has received several prestigious honors and acknowledgements<br />
from the business and entertainment communities, including Business 2.0’s<br />
“50 Most Influential People,” GQ’s “Men of the Year” and Fortune’s “Most<br />
Powerful People in Business.” He also was prominently featured in Time<br />
magazine’s “Person of the Year” issue.<br />
Mr. Chen studied computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-<br />
Champaign.