Age, Biography and Wiki
Steve Chen (Steven Shih Chen) was born on 25 August, 1978 in Taipei, Taiwan, is an American Internet entrepreneur. Discover Steve Chen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 45 years old?
| Popular As |
Steven Shih Chen |
| Occupation |
Software engineer |
| Age |
45 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
| Born |
25 August 1978 |
| Birthday |
25 August |
| Birthplace |
Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nationality |
Taiwan
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He is a member of famous engineer with the age 45 years old group.
Steve Chen Height, Weight & Measurements
At 45 years old, Steve Chen height not available right now. We will update Steve Chen's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
| Physical Status |
| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Steve Chen's Wife?
His wife is Park Ji-hyun (Jamie Chen)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Park Ji-hyun (Jamie Chen) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
2 |
Steve Chen Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Steve Chen worth at the age of 45 years old? Steve Chen’s income source is mostly from being a successful engineer. He is from Taiwan. We have estimated Steve Chen's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
engineer |
Steve Chen Social Network
Timeline
Steve Chen (born August 25, 1978) is a Taiwanese-born American Internet entrepreneur who is one of the co-founders and previous chief technology officer of the American video-sharing website YouTube.
In 2005, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim and Steve Chen founded YouTube, with Chen having the position of chief technology officer.
In June 2006, Chen was named by Business 2.0 as one of "The 50 people who matter now" in business.
On October 16, 2006, Chen and Hurley sold YouTube to Google, Inc. for $1.65 billion.
Chen received 625,366 shares of Google and an additional 68,721 in a trust as part of the sale.
As of September 2021, the Google shares are valued at almost $1.77 billion.
He and Hurley started AVOS Systems, which acquired Delicious from Yahoo! Inc.
In 2009, Chen married Park Ji-hyun, a Google Korea product marketing manager, who changed her name to Jamie Chen.
They now live in Taipei, Taiwan with their two children.
One son was born in July 2010.
Chen was listed as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine on 15 May 2011.
The Chens are major supporters of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, where Jamie was appointed a trustee in July 2012.
After he co-founded the company AVOS Systems, Inc. and built the video-sharing app MixBit, he joined Google Ventures in 2014.
Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan.
When he was seven years old, he and his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Prospect Heights, Illinois.
He went to River Trails Middle School in Mount Prospect for his middle school education and John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights for his freshman year of high school.
For his final three years of high school, he attended the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois.
At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he studied computer science.
Chen was also an early employee at Facebook, although he left after several months to start YouTube.
Chen started the live-streaming food network Nom.com in 2016 along with Vijay Karunamurthy.
In 2017, Nom.com was shut down, with its Twitter feed switched to private and Facebook account left idle since March 2017.
Chen was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2018.
In August 2019, Chen moved back to Taiwan and has resided there since then, along with his family.
