Yu Pan

Yu Pan is an engineer and entrepreneur mentioned in one source as one of the original six people who started PayPal^[4][5] and the first employee at YouTube,^[6] as an early software engineer.^[7][8][9] He is a former Google employee and also a co-founder of Kiwi Crate, Inc.^[10][11]

Yu Pan
Born	China[1][2]
Alma mater	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Occupation(s)	Engineer, Entrepreneur
Known for	Co-founder of PayPal[3] and the very first employee of YouTube

Pan received a BS degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.^[12] In 2007, Pan gained an Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Alumni Award, and he is listed as a notable alumnus alongside technology entrepreneurs Steve Chen, Ramez Naam, Russel Simmons, and Sam Yagan.^[13]

Pan currently works as an R&D Engineer at Origin Protocol.^[14]