In 2007, the firm WebEx got acquired by Cisco Systems for USD $3.2 billion in a public takeover. In 1997, Yuan landed his first job in Silicon Valley as one of the first software engineers at a young company called WebEx.
His visa applications were denied 8 times in a row over a 1.5 year period, but he kept persisting.
from China in 1997 while he was living and working in Beijing. He studied both Masters and Bachelor Degrees in his home province of Shandong and married at a young age of 22. His Chinese Name: 袁征 (Yuán zhēng) includes the character 征 (zhēng) which means ‘to go on an expedition / journey’.Īnd there is no doubt, that the story of Zoom has been a journey for this Founder. Zoom.Įric Yuan - the Founder and CEO of Zoom - was born in China (Tai’An City, Shandong Province) and lived in China until he was 27 years old. Credit: With social distancing and isolation taking place all around the world, I decided to do a little research about the tech giant that’s increasingly appearing in both our professional and personal lives.
Eric Yuan founded one of Silicon Valley’s most successful tech startups, Zoom.
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