Biography
This person is called the most romantic billionaire, because love has become a prerequisite for the creation of an application, which today enjoy literally everything. And Eric Yuan in the period of global Lokdauna "ozoved", hitting the list "Forbes".Childhood and youth
The future Sino-American billionaire was born in the province of Shandong (East China) in 1970 in the family of mining engineers. There was enough money, but in childhood the heir began to think about how to help parents.
And then the schoolboy, being in the 4th grade, came up with the first startup in his biography - the passage of scrap metal. For this, the student after school went to construction workers, where she was collected. However, to choose copper from there, it was necessary to somehow get rid of the rest of the material. And then Eric thought that it would be logical to burn everything too much.
Improvised bonfire The boy arranged at the backyard at home. But, unfortunately, I did not think about the fact that the fire will reinstate the neighboring housing. Subsequently, the family had to pay material damage. However, the unsuccessful first experience did not turn from the desire to engage in entrepreneurship and even became a useful lesson. The boy understood - to achieve success, it should be for started to get an education and calculate everything in advance.
Embed from getty imagesIn the choice of profession, the teenager stopped at the University of Science and Technology. And, while being a freshman, began to think about creating a device, thanks to which he could talk on video calls with a person at a distance.
The prerequisite for this was the fact that after admission to the institute, Eric met a girl. But she studied in another city - to meet with the beloved, the guy had to do a rather big way - about 10 hours only in one direction. In the end, it turned out no more than 2 times a year.
As for education, Yuan also received a master's degree in the Chinese University of Mining and Technology. Already later, in the United States, he studied business management at Standford University.
Business
Erica admired the identity of Bill Gates. In the desire to create something useful for society, a young specialist rushed to the United States, to a silicon valley, glorified by the whole world with rapidly developing technological companies.However, in this desire, the young man from China had to face a complex bureaucratic system - the American Customs Service in mistake when filling out the business card of the future businessman identified it as a consultant. As a result, the migrant was a refusal of a visa. However, the persistence of the Chinese did not know the obstacles. For one and a half years, he again and again filed a statement until the misunderstanding was corrected.
So in 1997, Yuan got into the WEBEX dream company. Recreation took up programming, introducing his ideas in the development of video conferencing. After 10 years, the enterprise is absorbed by Cisco Conglomerate, and Eric received the position of head of the WebEx division.
In the future, the future entrepreneur tried to respond to customer feedback. And frustrated when I understood - the WebEx service is obsolete, slowly works and is very overloaded. Yuan understood how to solve this problem, and suggested the leadership to rewrite the program. But no one took seriously the concerns of the head of WebEx. Moreover, Cisco was expected to make something from the application for video conferencing something that would look like a social network.
As a result, the man decided to part with the employer and go on his own way. An investment was required for the startup, and he received the necessary amount from friends and acquaintances. Then hired engineers, including from China, which came to the creation of software (software).
Eric gave his demand to Saasbee, but the investors did not like such nickname. As a result, one of the partners suggested calling Zoom Video Communications.
At that time, competition was developed in the information technology market - applications such as Skype and Hangouts have already been popular. Through the leaders - the task that the Yuan put himself at the beginning of the development of the enterprise.
Over the course of two years, the team has developed a new product in the dilapidated office building in Santa Clara. At the exit, the ZOOM service was favorably different from competitors. The advantage of the software was that it automatically determined the operating system of the device, so it did not slow down the connection process. And the low price of a monthly subscription contributed to customer loyalty. Investments flowed in Erika, large organizations began to use the app.
At the same time, the founder of Zoom did not even formed the marketing department for product advertising. In an interview, the success of the enterprise explained so - initially the primary task was to satisfy consumer requests at speed, high-quality video and sound. That is, what competitors lag behind, trying to introduce into elements of social networks.
CEO ZOOM did not allow the success to turn his head. Over the years, new features are constantly added in the application. Eric understands what to go on ahead is the only opportunity to remain in the market. Although recognizes - some corporate clients and today enjoy less high-quality software exclusively.
Personal life
The girl with which the yuan was divided by hundreds of kilometers, was subsequently his wife. Official marriage with Sherry Eric combined at the age of 22. Now the spouses live together in the US and raise three children.
The desire to be near the family only spurned the then novice businessman to the creation of the product. By the way, the wife discarded the spouse to dismiss from Cisco, because by the time his submission was about 800 people.
Embed from getty imagesNevertheless, the yuan managed to convince her beloved in the success of the startup. In a sense, the family of a businessman has become an incredible motivator for him for self-realization. And the desire to see close at least through the smartphone screen pushed him to create a high-quality application.
About the personal life CEO ZOOM is trying not to speak - there are few photos of the billionaire family on the net. At the same time actively uses social networks - Twitter and Facebook. Also, his face often appears in news posts on the official page of the company in Instagram.
Eric Yuan now
A coronavirus infection pandemic has become for Zoom Video Communications a happy ticket. Worldwide Lokdanun, who drove the organization for quarantine, did not deprive them of the main communication need. And the Director-General made premium capabilities free for each client.
The result of such a policy was a multiple increase in subscribers. In a pandemic, the number of daily connections to the application exceeded an indicator of 200 million. In December, the Forbes magazine estimated the state of the Chinese businessman at $ 17 billion. And Zoom received the title of the main service of 2020.
The plans of the General Director of Ambitious - Eric believes that the future is behind augmented reality. And someday each of the users can feel a handshake or smell of coffee, which drinks the interlocutor, which is thousands of kilometers.