Steve Chen

Steve Chen belongs to that rare group of engineers who genuinely reshaped daily life for billions. Co-founding YouTube and building it from nothing into the world's video commons is the kind of achievement most technologists only dream of. What I respect is that he did not coast afterward; ventures like AVOS and MixBit show a restless builder's instinct rather than a one-hit founder content to retire. As a Taipei-born, Illinois-trained, Taiwanese-American entrepreneur, he embodies a global path to innovation I find inspiring. I am genuinely curious what he turns his attention to next, because people who change the world rarely stop at once.

Name (English)

Steve Chen

Name (Japanese)

スティーブ・チェン

Reading

すてぃーぶ・ちぇん

Born

August 18, 1978 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

Origin

Taipei, Taiwan

Occupation

computer scientist / businessperson / engineer / designer

High school

John Hersey High School

University

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Awards & achievements

• 2021 Asia's Most Influential Taiwan

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/steve_s_chen/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Chen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%20(%E5%AE%9F%E6%A5%AD%E5%AE%B6)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q379396

Tags

• computer scientist
• businessperson
• engineer

Last updated

2026-06-18

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