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Perry Chen
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Perry Chen

American artist and entrepreneur

Perry Chen (born 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 and launched it in 2009 along with co-founders Charles Adler and Yancey Strickler.2

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Born 1976.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedHunter College High School3

Chen is an alumnus of Hunter College High School in New York City and Tulane University's Freeman School of Business in New Orleans.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.5

Chen co-founded the Southfirst gallery in Brooklyn in 2001, was a TED Fellow in 2010, a resident of Laboratorio para la Ciudad in Mexico City in 2014, and is a 2016 Director's Fellow at the MIT Media Lab. 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.

In 2013, he was listed as a 'Pioneer' on the annual list of Time's 100 most influential people.

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. The exhibition included the event Y2K+15, an exploration of the phenomenon and legacy of Y2K, held at the New Museum. In 2017, Chen returned again as CEO where he remained until March 2019. He continues to serve as chairman of Kickstarter's board.

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Personal life

  • Born1976, New York City6
  • CitizenshipUnited States7

Chen grew up on Roosevelt Island, New York.

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