Yu Pan

Yu Pan
Born
China
EducationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BS)
OccupationsEngineer, Entrepreneur
Known forCo-founder of PayPal and the very first employee of YouTube

Yu Pan is an engineer and entrepreneur who is one of the original six people who started PayPal and the first employee at YouTube, as an early software engineer. He is a former Google employee and also a co-founder of Kiwi Crate, Inc.

Pan received a BS degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. In 2007, Pan gained an Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Alumni Award, and he is listed as a notable alumnus alongside technology entrepreneurs Steve Chen, Ramez Naam, Russel Simmons, and Sam Yagan.

Pan currently works as an R&D Engineer at Origin Protocol.

References

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  10. ↑ Yu Pan, Co-Founder, Kiwi Crate, Inc. - This Bloomberg Business page presents Yu Pan as a former Google employee and a cofounder of PayPal.
  11. ↑ Liu, Matthew (2019-08-26). "PayPal Co-Founder and First YouTube Engineer Joins Origin: Welcome Yu Pan". Medium. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  12. ↑ "IMSA Board of Trustees Alumni Awards". IMSA Alumni Association. Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
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  14. ↑ Ankney, Leslie. "Why These Innovators Left Facebook, Google And More For Crypto". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-02-06.