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Steve Chen (Simplified Chinese: 陈士骏; Traditional Chinese: 陳士駿; pinyin: Chén Shìjùn; born August 1978 in Taiwan) is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of the popular video sharing website YouTube.

Chen grew up in Taiwan until the age of 15, when his family immigrated to the United States. He attended high school at John Hersey High School as well as the Illinois Math and Science Academy and college from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an early employee at PayPal, where he met Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. The three later founded the YouTube video sharing website in 2005. He currently holds the position of Chief Technology Officer in Youtube.

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