How much is Eric Yuan Worth? Eric Yuan Net Worth in 2026

By the Alux Research Team. How we estimate net worth

Eric Yuan’s net worth is estimated at $2.2 billion as of November 2026. In March 2021 he gave away almost 18 million Zoom shares worth about $6 billion, and the same shares would fetch about $1.66 billion today. He runs Zoom with about 7 percent of the economics and 37.7 percent of the votes.

Net worth	$2.2 billion (our estimate, range $1.95 billion to $2.5 billion)
Fiscal 2026 pay	$1.28 million
Born	February 20, 1970, Tai’an, Shandong, China (age 56)
Country	United States
Known for	Founding Zoom, where he is CEO
Main income sources	Zoom shares

How much is Eric Yuan worth in 2026?

We estimate about $2.2 billion. The share count comes from Zoom’s filings and the price from the $91.98 close on 2 November 2026. The trust holding the shares is shared with his wife, and we treat it as the couple’s. What sits outside Zoom is far less documented, so one row below is an assumption.

How we got to $2.2 billion

Source	Our estimate	What it rests on
Shares in the family trust	$1.90 billion	A Form 4 for 9 October 2026 shows 20,643,685 Class B and 45,997 Class A shares in the trust, down from 20,837,285 Class B in the 2026 proxy. Valued at $91.98.
Unvested stock awards	$43 million	467,943 units left on his April 2026 award in the same Form 4, at $91.98, before tax. Older awards aren’t counted.
Cash from earlier share sales	$280 million	Our assumption. See the working below.
Total	$2.2 billion	Sum of the rows above: $2.22 billion, rounded.

The cash row is where we had to guess. A filing for the end of 2019 credited him with 46,773,077 shares, options included. Take away today’s 20,837,285 and the almost 18 million gifted in 2021, and about 7.9 million shares are unaccounted for. Filings don’t separate sales from other gifts, so we assume half were sold at an average of $100, which we keep cautious on purpose, and taxed at 30 percent: 3.95 million times $100 times 0.7 is about $280 million. Count all of it and the total nears $2.5 billion. Count none and it is about $1.95 billion.

The Anthropic money inside his Zoom shares

Zoom’s latest quarterly filing holds a surprise for anyone who thinks of it as a video app. The 10-Q for the quarter to 31 July 2026 carries Anthropic preferred stock at $3.13 billion, after $1.61 billion of unrealized gains in that one quarter.

By our calculation, Yuan’s 20.64 million Class B shares are 7.07 percent of the 291.78 million outstanding on 14 August 2026. That gives him a look-through interest of about $222 million in Anthropic, or roughly 12 percent of his trust’s value. He owns none of it directly, and Zoom’s board could change the position, but it is a large figure for a man whose company reported $1.28 billion in revenue that quarter, up 4.9 percent.

Seven percent of the money, 38 percent of the say

Class B stock carries 10 votes a share. The proxy’s record-date count was 266,044,474 Class A and 28,697,070 Class B shares, or about 553 million votes. His 20,837,285 shares carry 208 million of them, and we work out 37.7 percent, matching the filing. The arrangement isn’t permanent: those shares convert to Class A on several triggers, including the 15th anniversary of the IPO.

The gift that shrank

Bloomberg reported in March 2021 that the shares left a grantor retained annuity trust and that filings did not name the recipient. A Zoom spokesman called it typical estate planning. Almost 18 million shares at $91.98 is about $1.66 billion, so the same block has lost around $4.3 billion of value since. Because the recipient isn’t public, none of it is in our ledger.

Why other estimates disagree

Public estimates usually differ on two things: whether the shares that left in 2021 still count as his, and how much he banked from sales when the stock was far higher. The shares are down about 67 percent over five years, so an old estimate can be badly out of date.

What would move the figure

Each $1 on the share price changes our number by about $21 million. Beyond that, watch the next valuation of the Anthropic position, and the steady 12,100-share conversions in his 2026 filings, which turned 193,600 Class B shares into Class A between March and October. His October filing shows the converted shares sold under a trading plan adopted in June 2025.

Eric Yuan net worth FAQ

How much did Eric Yuan make from Zoom in salary?

His fiscal 2026 salary was $450,000 and his total pay was $1,280,858, according to Zoom’s proxy statement. The trust’s stake is worth about 1,480 times that total, by our calculation.

How much of Zoom does Eric Yuan own?

Zoom’s annual report put him and his affiliates at about 7.1 percent of the stock and 37.7 percent of the votes at the end of January 2026.

Did Eric Yuan give away $6 billion in Zoom shares?

Bloomberg reported a gift of almost 18 million shares worth about $6 billion in March 2021. The filings did not name who received them.

Does Eric Yuan own part of Anthropic?

Not directly. Zoom carried Anthropic preferred stock at $3.13 billion on 31 July 2026, and we calculate his look-through share at about $222 million.

How old is Eric Yuan?

He was born on February 20, 1970, which makes him 56 in November 2026.

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How we estimate net worth

Our estimates are based on public reporting, company valuations, and deal and earnings figures all compiled in an internal valuation model. They are approximate, and figures change over time as new information emerges.

Last updated: November 2026.

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