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Yu Pan

Computer engineer and entrepreneur

Software engineerBusinessperson YouTuber
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About Yu Pan

Yu Pan was a software engineer, businessperson and youTuber.

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.

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Important facts

Born
People's Republic of China
Occupation
Software engineer, businessperson, YouTuber
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Employers
PayPal

Frequently asked questions

Who was Yu Pan?

computer engineer and entrepreneur

When was Yu Pan born?

Yu Pan was born in People's Republic of China.

What was Yu Pan's occupation?

Yu Pan was a software engineer, businessperson and youTuber.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Yu Pan

· Wikidata: Q19866080

· DBpedia: Yu Pan

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