The AI boom sparked by ChatGPT has had one very clear impact on Zoom CEO Eric Yuan: He’s once again working six days a week, a routine he hasn’t followed since the early days of the company, which was founded in 2011.
After Zoom went public in 2019, Yuan had scaled back to a five-day workweek, but now he’s back to putting in extra time to help steer Zoom toward what he sees as its future: harnessing AI to boost productivity and, ultimately, enable people to work less—himself included. Despite the increased workload for now, Yuan insists he’s no workaholic; he’s simply investing the time to ensure a more efficient, AI-powered future for all.
