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‘Dad, how do I raise my hand?’ Zoom CEO Eric Yuan on when he knew his app was going to be big

When Eric Yuan arrived in Silicon Valley from China at the age of 27, he wanted to make it big. But big in what way, he didn’t know. Fourteen years later, he created Zoom.

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China-born American billionaire Eric Yuan is a businessman, engineer, and the CEO and founder of Zoom Video Communications.

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Towards the end of my lunch with Eric Yuan, I notice a big, burly man standing a few metres away, eyeing us while we eat.

Come to think of it, I had sensed his hovering presence earlier, but had brushed it aside.

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