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Thank You for Choosing Zoom

Updated on January 06, 2021

Published on December 29, 2020

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Eric S. Yuan

CEO

Eric 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.

Prior to founding Zoom, Eric was corporate vice president of engineering at Cisco, where he was responsible for Cisco's collaboration software development. Eric was also one of the founding engineers and vice president of engineering at Webex.

Eric is a named inventor on 11 issued and 20 pending patents in real-time collaboration.

At the end of what’s been an incredibly challenging year, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you.

I cannot say those words enough this year — to my own family for their support and understanding, to everyone at Zoom for their tireless efforts, and especially to our loyal users in 243 countries and territories around the world, who trusted Zoom for their personal and professional video communications, and who proactively shared their feedback to help Zoom become a better and stronger organization.

I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to everyone who trusted in Zoom to stay connected with colleagues, customers, partners, classmates, family, and friends. Thank you for letting us into your homes, your hospitals, and your schools. Thank you for letting us be a part of your birthdays, your weddings, and your graduations. Thank you for letting us into your lives.

Zoom may have helped you be together this year, but it was you who kept us together as we worked to scale our operations and teams, further secure our platform, and support your important communications when you needed it most. That spirit of togetherness drives us here at Zoom. Your creativity and resilience during this time will forever inspire us to deliver high-quality services that support all the ways you connect.

Thank you all, and I wish you a safe and happy New Year!