Eric Yuan

Eric Yuan is the founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications, a leading video conferencing platform that gained immense popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Born in China, Yuan moved to the United States in the late 1990s and initially worked at Cisco as a lead engineer for its web conferencing product. His vision for creating a user-friendly and reliable video communication tool led to the establishment of Zoom in 2011, which quickly became a household name, revolutionizing how people connect and collaborate remotely. Yuan's success story exemplifies the impact of immigrant entrepreneurs on the technology landscape in the U.S.