| Name of AAPI Figure | Steven Chen |
| What is the person’s Asian heritage or
ethnicity? | Han |
| Area of Influence | Businessman |
| Date of birth or time period | 1978 |
| How did this individual make a
contribution to their field or to society/culture at large? | Steven Chen is a businessman. He is best known for starting Youtube. He was born on August 25, 1978 in Taipei, Taiwan. He was an employee at PayPal where he met Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim who help create YouTube. |
| How does this person inspire you? | He created YouTube |
| What surprised you as you were learning
about this person? | Only Asian in his class |
| Submitted by | Andrea |
| Age | 8 |
| City, State | Lexington, MA |
