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How Zoom won a market that was written off (with CEO Eric Yuan) | Masters of Scale

About Eric

  • Founded Zoom Video Communications; CEO and Chairman since 2011.
  • Led Zoom through 30X usage surge during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Engineered Zoom's 2019 public listing; $1B+ revenue and 2,000+ employees by year-end.
  • Former Corporate VP of Engineering at Cisco; key role in scaling Webex.
  • Immigrant entrepreneur who overcame 8 visa denials to build iconic Silicon Valley companies.

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Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan talks with Masters of Scale host Jeff Berman about building Zoom into a massive player, how it handled 30x growth when the Covid pandemic hit, how he led the company through a painful round of layoffs, and more.

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