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Chinese-born software engineer
Yu Pan is an engineer and entrepreneur mentioned in one source as one of the original six people who started
PayPal
[4]
[5] and the first employee at
YouTube ,
[6] as an early software engineer.
[7]
[8]
[9] He is a former
Google employee and also a co-founder of Kiwi Crate, Inc.
[10]
[11]
Pan received a
BS degree in
computer science from the
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign .
[12] 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 .
[13]
Pan currently works as an R&D Engineer at Origin Protocol.
[14]
References
^
Peter, Thiel .
"Girard in Silicon Valley: Notes from a lecture by Peter Thiel" . Imitatio, a program of
Thiel Foundation . Archived from
the original on 2012-07-30.
^
Peter Thiel, The paradox of founders: outsiders who become insiders, Thu, Oct 30, 2014, 01:30, accessed 7/09/2010
^
IMSA Award site - IMSA Award site lists Yu Pan as a cofounder of
PayPal
^ Levchin, Max.
"PayPal Slideshow" . Levchin . Retrieved 24 March 2015 .
^ Thiel, Peter; Masters, Blake (16 September 2014).
Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future . Random House.
ISBN
9780753550304 . Retrieved 24 March 2015 .
^
"2007 IMSA Board of Trustees Alumni Award Recipients" . Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy . Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy IMSA Alumni Association. Retrieved 24 March 2015 .
^ Clark, Andrew (8 February 2007).
"YouTube millionaires: from wealthy backers to receptionist" . Guardian News and Media Limited. The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2015 .
^ Finley, Klint; Metz, Cade (31 May 2013).
"Hogwarts for Hackers: Inside the Science and Tech School of Tomorrow" . Conde Nast. Wired. Retrieved 25 March 2015 .
^ Marshall, Matt (8 February 2007).
"YouTube spoils made official, co-founders did well" . Venture Beat. Retrieved 25 March 2015 .
^
Yu Pan, Co-Founder, Kiwi Crate, Inc. - This Bloomberg Business page presents Yu Pan as a former Google employee and a cofounder of PayPal.
^ Liu, Matthew (2019-08-26).
"PayPal Co-Founder and First YouTube Engineer Joins Origin: Welcome Yu Pan" . Medium . Retrieved 2020-05-05 .
^
"IMSA Board of Trustees Alumni Awards" . IMSA Alumni Association . Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. Retrieved 25 March 2015 .
^
"IMSA Board of Trustees Alumni Awards" . Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy . IMSA. Retrieved 24 March 2015 .
^ Ankney, Leslie.
"Why These Innovators Left Facebook, Google And More For Crypto" . Forbes . Retrieved 2019-02-06 .
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