Steve Chen (born August 25, 1978) is a Taiwanese-American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur who is a co-founder and ex CTO of YouTube. After he co-founded AVOS Systems, Inc. and built MixBit,[1] he joined Google Ventures in 2014.[2]
Early life and education
Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan. When he was seven years old, he and his family immigrated to the United States in 1986[3] and settled in Arlington Heights, Illinois.[4] He went to Thomas Middle School in Arlington Heights for his middle school education and John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights for his freshman year of high school.