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Eric S. Yuan is a Chinese-American billionaire businessman, engineer, and the founder, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Zoom Communications, Inc. (ZM), a position he has held since founding the company in June 2011.[[1]](https://www.cxotalk.com/bio/eric-yuan-ceo-founder-zoom)[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Yuan)[[4]](https://ev.zoom.com/webinars-speakers/eric-s-yuan/) Born on February 20, 1970, in Tai’an City, Shandong Province, China, to mining engineer parents, Yuan studied mathematics and computer science at Shandong University and earned a master’s degree in geological engineering from China University of Mining and Technology.[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Yuan)[[3]](https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/eric-yuan/) His interest in video conferencing stemmed from long train rides to visit his girlfriend, leading him to develop early video telephony software as a university student.[[3]](https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/eric-yuan/)[[5]](https://www.m.io/blog/eric-yuan-zoom)
Yuan immigrated to the U.S. and joined WebEx as one of its first 20 hires, rising to vice president of engineering; after Cisco acquired WebEx in 2007, he became corporate vice president of engineering, growing the team from 10 to over 800 engineers and contributing to revenue exceeding $800 million.[[1]](https://www.cxotalk.com/bio/eric-yuan-ceo-founder-zoom)[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Yuan) Rejected by Cisco for a mobile-friendly video idea, he founded Zoom to create a frictionless video communications platform, which went public in 2019 as one of the top-performing tech IPOs, surging in value during the COVID-19 pandemic with over 300 million daily meeting participants.[[1]](https://www.cxotalk.com/bio/eric-yuan-ceo-founder-zoom)[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Yuan)[[3]](https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/eric-yuan/) Recognized as Glassdoor's #1 CEO in 2018, EY Entrepreneur of the Year, and Bloomberg 50 honoree, Yuan holds 11 issued patents in real-time collaboration and has driven Zoom's expansion into phone, events, and contact centers.[[1]](https://www.cxotalk.com/bio/eric-yuan-ceo-founder-zoom)[[3]](https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/eric-yuan/)[[5]](https://www.m.io/blog/eric-yuan-zoom)
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