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Steve Chen

Taiwanese-American Internet entrepreneur (born 1978)

5× founder Media & EntertainmentSoftware & ITCrypto & Web3 2005–2016
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The world around Steve Chen — companies founded, co-founders, and where they came from. Hover a node to explore; click to open.

Companies founded

5
2005
YouTubeAcquired Co-founder & CTO · Media & Entertainment
2011
AVOS SystemsPrivate Co-founder · Software & IT
2013
USFIAPrivate Founder · Crypto & Web3
2013
MixBitPrivate Founder · Software & IT
2016
NomDefunct Co-founder · Media & Entertainment

Co-founders

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Chad Hurley
Co-founded YouTube
C
Chad Hurley
Co-founded AVOS Systems
C
Chad Hurley
Co-founded MixBit
J
Jawed Karim
Co-founded YouTube
V
Vijay Karunamurthy
Co-founded Nom

Came from

5

Where Steve Chen worked or built before — the roots of the lineage.

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PayPal Public
Fintech · USA
Mafia →
 G
Google Public
Software & IT · USA
Mafia →
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Facebook Public
Media & Entertainment · USA
Mafia →
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YouTube Acquired
Media & Entertainment · USA
Mafia →
 A
AVOS Systems Private
Software & IT · USA
2011

Also came from YouTube

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C
Chad Hurley
American businessman (born 1977)
J
Jiten Vaidya
S
Shishir Mehrotra
S
Sugu Sougoumarane
V
Vijay Karunamurthy

Also came from Facebook

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A
Abhinav Gupta
A
Adam D'Angelo
American businessman (born 1984)
A
Adeniyi Abiodun
A
Alexandre Lebrun
A
Amanpreet Singh
A
Amjad Masad
Jordanian-American businessman
A
Avery Ching
B
Bret Taylor
American entrepreneur (born 1980)
C
Charles Gorintin

Also came from PayPal

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A
Adolfo Babatz
A
Andrew McCormack
C
Chad Hurley
American businessman (born 1977)
D
Danny Shader
D
Dave McClure
D
David A. Marcus
D
David O. Sacks
South African-American entrepreneur (born 1972)
E
Elon Musk
Businessman (born 1971)
J
Jawed Karim
American entrepreneur and software engineer (born 1979)

Also came from Google

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A
Abraham Bachrach
A
Adam Bry
A
Adrian Graham
A
Aidan N. Gomez
British-Canadian computer scientist (born 1996/97)
A
Amit Sangani
A
Andrej Karpathy
Czechoslovak-born AI researcher (born 1986)
A
Andrew Boni
A
Andrew Conrad
A
Andrew Ofstad