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Eric Yuan quits and is a billionaire after 8 years. Now his project scares Google and improves long-distance relationships
Eric Yuan had imagined Zoom when he was a college student. He didn’t know that it would become one of the world’s most popular video conferencing platforms. He would become a billionaire and have a net worth of over $6.2 billion today.
Making this climb was not easy for him: he had to go through a courageous dismissal and a wife a little annoyed by his choices. Which then changed his mind.
In short, he put everything into play: profession and family. How did he get it right? He followed a respected principle. If you keep reading, I’ll explain it to you.
Let’s start step-by-step with how he came to be the genius of a company that has been incredibly successful, with millions of users and a market valuation of over 48 billion dollars. In 2019, Yuan was named Businessperson of the Year by Forbes magazine.
HE HAD ALREADY ARRIVED IN CISCO, AND THEN …
Yuan was born in 1970 in Xiamen, China.
“I was a timid and introverted kid. I was passionate about math, programming, and video games,” he explained in an interview.
Yuan moved to the United States in 1997 after obtaining a visa under the EB-1…
