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Eric Yuan is the founder of Zoom, a video communications tool that went public in 2019; Zoom usage surged during the coronavirus pandemic.

He was previously a manager of WebEx at Cisco, which acquired the video conferencing company in 2007.

Born in China, Yuan move to Silicon Valley in 1997 after eight failed attempts to obtain a visa.

At the IPO, Yuan owned 22% of Zoom, which was valued at just over $9 billion before trading began.

An avid basketball fan, Yuan attends his children's games and counted Golden State Warriors player Andre Iguodala as an investor.