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Steve Chen

Taiwanese-American software engineer and co-founder (and former CTO) of YouTube; relocated to Taiwan in 2019 to help build its startup ecosystem.

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PODCASTS

Oct 2, 2026

Charlie Rose: In-Depth Interviews of Americas Best

Charlie Rose: In-Depth Interviews of Americas Best

Preview of interview with YouTube Co-founders | Charlie Rose

Oct 2 · 7m

Charlie RoseHOST

1:20

Is that ri- is that a correct story?

Steve ChenGUEST

1:21

Correct.

Steve ChenGUEST

1:22

Uh, the, it happened in January of 2005.

Steve ChenGUEST

1:26

It was up in my place in the city, i- in San Francisco.

Steve ChenGUEST

1:30

Um, and we were having a dinner party and people had, uh, digital cameras there, and we were taking normal digital photos as well as movies.

Steve ChenGUEST

1:37

And when we tried to share these, the, the photos, we found it very easy to share the photos-

Charlie RoseHOST

2:23

There's a company here"?

Steve ChenGUEST

2:24

Yeah, definitely.

Building Champions for Life

Building Champions for Life

YouTube Co-Founder Steve Chen on Building World-Changing Innovation

Jan 21 · 46m

10:17

I had the trio, the Palm Pilot trio.

Steve ChenGUEST

10:20

Yeah, so at that time, it was more about, look, this vision that everybody in the world was going to own one of these Palm Pilots.

Steve ChenGUEST

10:27

And then when we went out to eat at a restaurant, when somebody pays with their credit cards, the three, four other people wanted to pay that person back.

Steve ChenGUEST

10:36

But there's no way to be able to pay that exact amount.

Steve ChenGUEST

10:39

So let's write an app for the Palm Pilot.

Steve ChenGUEST

10:41

Let's call it PayPal.

Steve ChenGUEST

10:43

And then we'll make it so everybody else can beam that person $10, $15 for that amount of cash.

22 MINS LATER

32:31

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