Topping Glassdoor ’ s list with an approval rating of 99 % is Eric S . Yuan , founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications , the San Jose-based provider of remote conferencing services through the cloud . A graduate of the Stanford University Executive Programme , Yuan spent 14 years at Webex where he grew its team of engineers from 10 to 800 , transforming it into an $ 800mn business . He worked for Cisco Systems following the two companies ’ merger in 2007 before forming Zoom in 2011 .

A Chinese immigrant , Yuan is known for his creativity and has 11 issued

and 20 pending patents in real time collaboration . “ When I came to America , I did not even speak English , but I knew I could write software code ,” he said in a recent interview . “ I knew I had to work hard , so I did .” www . zoom . us

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