We are back with stories of successful people and this time we will tell you about Eric Yuan.
Eric Yuan is a Chinese-American businessman, engineer and CEO of Zoom. After earning a master’s degree in geological engineering, he was inspired by Bill Gates, who spoke in Japan in 1995. It was Bill who motivated Eric to move to Silicon Valley to work.
Yuanyi hardly knew English at that time and applied to the embassy many times before getting a United States visa.
,, The reason Silicon Valley is the world’s innovation center is that it is an open culture that embraces diversity. You see people from all over the world, and when people from many different backgrounds come together, that’s where innovation comes from.”
Yuan founded Zoom in 2011, and just six years later, the platform was valued at $1 billion.
After that, Yun soon joined the club of tech billionaires like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos.
,, Being a solo founder allows you to move quickly. When you’re going up against massive, entrenched competitors, you have to Increase the speed of action. Having just one person in charge allows you to make decisions faster.”