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]
Yu Pan | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, Entrepreneur |
Known for | Co-founder of PayPal[3] and the very first employee of YouTube |
Pan received a BS 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]