Yu Pan is an engineer and entrepreneur mentioned in one source as one of the original six people who started

PayPal PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers, and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper ...

and the first employee at

YouTube YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second mo ...

, as an early software engineer. He is a former

Google Google LLC () is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company focusing on Search Engine, search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, software, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, ar ...

employee and also a co-founder of Kiwi Crate, Inc. Pan received a BS in computer science from the

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univer ...

. In 2007, Pan gained an

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, or IMSA, is a three-year residential public secondary education institution in Aurora, Illinois, United States, with an enrollment of approximately 650 students. Enrollment is generally offered to inc ...

Alumni Award, and he is listed as a notable alumnus alongside technology entrepreneurs Steve Chen,

Ramez Naam Ramez Naam is an American technologist and science fiction writer. He is best known as the author of the ''Nexus'' Trilogy. His other books include ''The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet'' and ''More than Human: Embraci ...

, Russel Simmons, and

Sam Yagan Sam Yagan (born April 10, 1977) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of OkCupid. In 2013, he was named to ''TIME'' Magazine's '100 Most Influential People in the World' list. He is the Vice-Chairman of the e-datin ...

. Pan currently works as an R&D Engineer at Origin Protocol.

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IMSA Board of Trustees Alumni Award RecipientsYouTube millionaires: from wealthy backers to receptionistHogwarts for Hackers: Inside the science and tech school of tomorrow
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pan, Yu Living people American computer businesspeople American technology company founders PayPal people Grainger College of Engineering alumni Year of birth missing (living people) American people of Chinese descent Chinese computer businesspeople