Perry Chen
American artist and entrepreneur
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July 15, 1976
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Occupation | Chairman of Kickstarter |
Website | Perry Chen Studio |
Perry Chen (born ( 1976-07-15 ) July 15, 1976 ) is an American entrepreneur best known for being the creator and principal founder of Kickstarter , the online crowdfunding platform for creative projects. He came up with the idea for Kickstarter in 2001 [1] and launched it in 2009 along with co-founders Charles Adler and Yancey Strickler . [2]
Education
Chen is an alumnus of Hunter College High School in New York City and Tulane University in New Orleans . [3]
Work
Chen co-founded the Southfirst gallery in Brooklyn in 2001, [4] was a TED Fellow in 2010, [5] a resident of Laboratorio para la Ciudad in Mexico City in 2014, [6] and is a 2016 Director's Fellow at the MIT Media Lab. [7] In 2017, he was appointed to the Knight Commission on Trust, Media and American Democracy — a nonpartisan commission of leaders across media, technology, and public policy tasked with guiding the public discourse on rebuilding trust in America's democratic institutions. [8]
In 2013, he was honored on the annual list of Time's 100 most influential people. [9]
In 2014, Chen stepped down as chief executive officer of Kickstarter and left the role to co-founder Yancey Strickler. December 2014, Chen exhibited "Computers in Crisis" for the New Museum's First Look program, co-presented by Rhizome and Creative Time Reports. [10] The exhibition included the event Y2K+15, an exploration of the phenomenon and legacy of Y2K , held at the New Museum. [11] In 2017, Chen returned again as CEO [12] where he remained until March 2019. He continues to serve as chairman of Kickstarter's board. [12]
See also
References
- ↑ "How I Built This with Guy Raz" . NPR . Retrieved 22 August 2017 .
- ↑ "Immersive Space – Perry Chen" . School of Art & Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago. 13 June 2014.
- ↑ Chafkin, Max. "True To Its Roots: Why Kickstarter Won't Sell" . Fast Company . Retrieved 9 February 2015 .
- ↑ "Perry Chen – Aspen Ideas" . Aspen Ideas Festival . Retrieved 9 February 2015 .
- ↑ "Perry Chen – TED Fellow" . TED . Retrieved 9 February 2015 .
- ↑ "Residencia: Perry Chen" . Laboratorio para la Ciudad. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014 . Retrieved 9 February 2015 .
- ↑ "2016 MIT Media Lab Directors Fellows Announced" . Retrieved 21 November 2016 .
- ↑ "The Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy" . The Aspen Institute . Retrieved 22 January 2018 .
- ↑ "The 2013 Time 100" . Time. 18 April 2013.
- ↑ "Perry Chen: Computers in Crisis" . New Museum . Retrieved 9 February 2015 .
- ↑ "Perry Chen: Y2K+15" . New Museum . Retrieved 20 March 2015 .
- 1 2 Stephen, Bijan (2019-03-19). "Kickstarter's CEO, Perry Chen, is resigning" . The Verge . Retrieved 2020-06-08 .
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Perry chen was born in New York ,grew up with both his parents in Roosevelt Island in New York City.As an adult he made kickstarter and now is 47.