Monday, Oct 10, 2022
12:00am – 11:59pm

View From The Top: Eric Yuan

We invite current students to join us for a peer-led interview with Eric Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom.
Open to
Students

Location

View From The Top is the dean’s premier speaker series where students interview well-respected leaders from around the world who share insights on effective leadership, their personal core values, and lessons learned throughout their career.

Speaker

Eric Yuan, SEP ’06, is the founder and CEO of Zoom. He founded Zoom in 2011 to deliver happiness and bring people together in a frictionless video environment. Zoom’s communications platform continues to transform the way global organizations connect, communicate, and collaborate. As the company’s chief executive, Eric led Zoom to one of the highest-performing tech IPOs of 2019.

Business Insider named Eric one of the Most Powerful People in Enterprise Tech in 2017. In 2018, Glassdoor recognized him as the top CEO for large U.S. companies. In 2019, he was recognized in the Bloomberg 50 as a leader changing the game in global business. TIME magazine named Eric its 2020 Businessperson of Year as well as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2020. He was also named Comparably’s Best CEO for Diversity in 2021.

Registration

This event is only open to current Stanford GSB students to attend. Students will receive an email announcement and reminders that include links to register to attend virtually.

Insights
Forbes
April 18, 2019

Zooms IPO Values It at $9 Billion — and Mints New Cloud Billionaire Eric Yuan

Zoom Founder and CEO Eric Yuan, SEP ’06, discusses the company’s recent IPO.