Stephen Chao

Stephen Chao
Born	1955 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Co-Founder and CEO of WonderHowTo.com

Stephen Chao (born 1955) is an American internet entrepreneur, television producer and media executive. He has worked as the President of Fox Television, an independent television producer, President of USA Network, and co-founder of WonderHowTo.com

Stephen Chao was born to a middle class Chinese American family and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, moving to New Hampshire when he was eight years old. His maternal grandfather was a prominent official in pre-revolutionary China, once serving as the nation’s economic minister to the United States. Chao is the nephew of Zao Wou Ki, a well-known Chinese Impressionist painter. Chao attended Fay School and later earned a scholarship to the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. He attended Harvard University where he majored in classical studies, graduating cum laude in 1977. He later went on to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1981.

Between Harvard degrees, Chao co-wrote a Fodor’s travel guide for Turkey, shoveled manure on a farm in France, and reported for the National Enquirer. For two years, he covered such topics as celebrity infertility problems and funerals for the supermarket tabloid. He broke the story of OJ Simpson's budding romance with Nicole Brown and tracked UFO sightings throughout South America for three months. Chao believed the Enquirer was an intriguing media phenomenon and enjoyed his role with the newspaper despite its worldwide criticism.

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