HENRY C. YUEN
Name: Henry Che-Chuen Yuen
Born: 7 April 1948
Henry Che-Chuen Yuen (born 7 April 1948, in Shanghai, China) is a
founder and former CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International. Yuen's family moved came to the
United States from China when he was 17 years old. He received a B.S. in mathematics from the
University of Wisconsin in Madison and he has a PhD in
applied mathematics from Caltech. He worked briefly at Caltech and New York
University, then obtained a law degree from Loyola Law School. He and his college friend Daniel Kwoh
founded Gemstar in 1986. Yuen and Kwoh invented the VCR Plus, offered for sale in 1990,
to make it easier to record TV programs. He was fired from Gemstar in 2003, after the company revealed
missing revenue and other accounting problems. He was convicted of securities
fraud in 2006, and ordered to pay $22 million in penalties. As of 2007, his
whereabouts are unknown.
Name: Henry Che-Chuen Yuen
Born: 7 April 1948
Henry Che-Chuen Yuen (born 7 April 1948, in Shanghai, China) is a
founder and former CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International. Yuen's family moved came to the
United States from China when he was 17 years old. He received a B.S. in mathematics from the
University of Wisconsin in Madison and he has a PhD in
applied mathematics from Caltech. He worked briefly at Caltech and New York
University, then obtained a law degree from Loyola Law School. He and his college friend Daniel Kwoh
founded Gemstar in 1986. Yuen and Kwoh invented the VCR Plus, offered for sale in 1990,
to make it easier to record TV programs. He was fired from Gemstar in 2003, after the company revealed
missing revenue and other accounting problems. He was convicted of securities
fraud in 2006, and ordered to pay $22 million in penalties. As of 2007, his
whereabouts are unknown.