Zoom Stock Surge Gives Little-Known Early Investor a Fortune
- Samuel Chen acquired his initial stake almost a decade ago
- Taiwan native built initial fortune with ink-trading business
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Some of the biggest names in finance and business made a fortune on Zoom Video Communications Inc.: Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing, Tiger Global Management’s Chase Coleman and, of course, founder Eric Yuan, whose net worth has surged to more than $10 billion.
And then there’s Samuel Chen, a little-known Taiwanese investor who made his initial wealth through ink trading and started putting money in the video-conferencing juggernaut about a decade ago.