{{Short description|American billionaire businessman}} {{Under construction|date= May 2026}} {{Use American English|date= May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date= May 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Edwin Chen | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |38|2026|03|10}}<ref name="Forbes profile" /> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = Massachusetts Institute of Technology | occupation = | known_for = founder and CEO of Surge AI | title = | term = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | website = }}
'''Edwin Chen''' (born 1987 or 1988) is an American billionaire businessman, and the founder and CEO of Surge AI.
Chen is the son of Taiwanese immigrants to the US, and worked at the family restaurant before his boarding school education as a teenager.<ref name="Bloomberg profile">{{cite web |title=Edwin Chen |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/edwin-chen/ |website=Bloomberg LP |access-date=28 May 2026}}</ref> He studied mathematics, computer science and linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=VnExpress |title=Meet Edwin Chen, MIT graduate and youngest billionaire on Forbes' 400 richest Americans list - VnExpress International |url=https://e.vnexpress.net/news/tech/personalities/meet-edwin-chen-mit-graduate-and-youngest-billionaire-on-forbes-400-richest-americans-list-4938703.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251011134346/https://e.vnexpress.net/news/tech/personalities/meet-edwin-chen-mit-graduate-and-youngest-billionaire-on-forbes-400-richest-americans-list-4938703.html |archive-date=2025-10-11 |access-date=2026-05-28 |work=VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam |language=en}}</ref>
He worked as a machine-learning engineer at Facebook, Dropbox, Google, Twitter, and Peter Thiel's hedge fund Clarium, before starting Surge AI.<ref name="Forbes profile">{{Cite web |title=Edwin Chen |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/edwin-chen/ |access-date=2026-05-28 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>
As of September 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$18 billion, because of his c.75% stake in Surge AI.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Thomas |title=Marc Lore, Edwin Chen, Adam Foroughi And The 11 Other New Members Of The Forbes 400 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasgallagher/2025/09/09/these-14-billionaires-joined-the-forbes-400-list-in-2025/ |access-date=2026-05-28 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> He lives in Manhattan, New York City.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Liu |first=Phoebe |title=How The Low-Key Billionaire Behind Surge Is Beating Out Rivals Like Scale AI |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2025/09/17/the-ai-billionaire-youve-never-heard-of/ |access-date=2026-05-28 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>
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