Eric S. Yuan

Eric S. Yuan is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Zoom Communications, Inc., a position he has held since founding the company in June 2011. He previously served as corporate vice president of engineering at Cisco Systems from 2007 to 2011 and, prior to that, held engineering leadership roles at WebEx Communications from 1997 until its acquisition by Cisco. He is best known for building Zoom into one of the world's most widely used video communications platforms, which went public in 2019 and saw explosive growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. He holds a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from Shandong University of Science and Technology and a master's degree in engineering from China University of Mining and Technology.