Steve Chen is a computer engineer and internet entrepreneur. Chen is the founder and CEO of Galactic Computing, a developer of supercomputing blade systems, based in Shenzhen, China. According to numerous Chinese media reports, Chen has been involved in a conflict when he failed to make salary payments to the employees of his company in Beijing, China, during 2012, which went bankruptcy. The employees later sued Chen in court, trying to get their salary. Chen declined any media reporters' requests and the court by flying to United States. Chen holds a M.S. from Villanova University and a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is best known as the principal designer of the Cray X-MP and Cray Y-MP multiprocessor supercomputers. Chen left Cray Research in 1987. With IBM's financial support, Chen founded Supercomputer Systems Incorporated in January 1988. SSI was devoted to development of the SS-1 supercomputer, which was nearly completed before the money ran out. The Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based company went bankrupt in 1993, leaving more than 300 employees jobless. 

January 1st, 1944 in Taiwan (Age 80)