Erik Juen, osnivač Zooma , preko noći je zbog skoka vrednosti akcija postao bogatiji za 800 miliona dolara
Due to a leap in the price of shares, Zoom founder Eric Yuan became $800 million richer overnight
From 10 million users in December last year, this platform had grown to boast as many as 300 million users by April this year, thanks mostly to the pandemic O ne of my kids’ favour- ite children’s books that I read to them over and over was Zoom City. I loved this fun little book as much as my kids, and hoped to use the name someday for the perfect company that embodied the same values of creativity, exploration, happiness and trust.“ is is how one of the managers of company Maven Ven- tures spoke in 2012 about giving the name Zoom to their applica- tion, proving in the following pe- riod that the good ideas we believe in can certainly be realised. Among dangerous competition, in the company of Skype, BlueJeans, FaceTime and other giants in the field of video calling applications, Eric Yuan decided in 2011 to give up his managerial seat at Cisco We- bex, a company specialising in web conferencing, and to embark with 40 associates in the founding of a start-up that many people didn’t be- lieve in, but which a decade later can boast of figures of 300 million users. Unlike its predecessors, Zoom
stolovi, čak i sednice parlamenta. Ta- kođe, korisnici mogu da razmenjuju audio/video sadržaj, onlajn tablu za pisanje i prezentacije, kao i snimanje komunikacije. Međutim, Zoom je doživeo pot- puni procvat tek krajem prošle i to- kom ove godine. Tako je za samo ne- koliko meseci od 10 miliona korisnika u decembru prošle godine porastao na čak 300 miliona u aprilu ove godi- ne, a čemu su najviše kumovale okol- nosti izbijanja pandemije koronaviru- sa, budući da su ljudi svoje poslovne sastanke, predavanja u školama ili pri- vatne razgovore iz karantina održa- vali putem te aplikacije. Prosečno, jedan korisnik ima do pet sastanaka, odnosno poziva pu- tem Zoom aplikacije dnevno, što je ukupno 1,5 milijardi sastanaka u to- ku 24 časa, čime se Zoom svrstao u red najpopularnijih aplikacija, a broj korisnika i dalje raste. Takođe, gotovo da ne postoji apli- kacija koja može da se pohvali činjeni- com da je britanski Parlament preki- nuo sa 700 godina starom tradicijom jer je 120 poslanika prisustvovalo sed- nici putem video-poziva, dok je njih 50 bilo prisutno u samom Parlamentu, što je do tada bilo nezamislivo. Zato i ne treba da čudi vest da je pomenu- ti vlasnik ove kompanije, Erik Juen, preko noći zbog skoka vrednosti ak- cija, postao bogatiji za 800 miliona dolara. Zuuuuuum, baš!
school classes, business meetings, round tables and even parliamen- tary sessions. Moreover, users can share audio/video content, take ad- vantage of an online whiteboard for writing and presentations, as well as recording communications. However, Zoom only flourished fully at the end of last year and dur- ing the course of this year. As such, in just a few months, it went from 10 million users in December last year to grow to as many as 300 mil- lion users by April this year, the main contribution to which were the circumstances of the Corona- virus pandemic, given that people used this app while under quaran- tine to hold business meetings, at- tend school lectures or conduct pri- vate conversations. An average user has up to five meetings or calls via the Zoom ap- plication per day, which equates to a total of 1.5 billion meetings in each 24-hour period. is ranks Zoom among the most popular applica- tions, which is also continuing to grow. Furthermore, there is almost no existing application that can boast of the fact that it led the British Parlia- ment to break with a 700-year-old tradition, as 120 of its MPs attended a session via video call, with only 50 of them present in the Parliament it- self – something that was previous- ly unthinkable. at’s why it should come as no surprise that the afore- mentioned owner of this company, Eric Yuan, became 800 million dollars richer overnight, thanks to a leap in the price of shares. Zoooom, really!
ooom can be used by a larger number of people simultaneously, and that is mainly the secret of its success. us, this platform can be utilised to hold Tekst/Words: Stefan Petrović Fotografije/Photography: iStock
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