# Eric Setton

> Eric Setton is a French engineer, entrepreneur and private investor who co-founded video-streaming company Dyyno and mobile communications company Tango. A Stanford electrical engineering Ph.D. and co-author of Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming, he served as Tango’s CTO and then CEO, and chaired Friends of École Polytechnique from April 2018 until January 2024.

- **Role:** Entrepreneur, engineer, private investor and technical author
- **Organizations:** Tango, Dyyno, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Friends of École Polytechnique, French Tech Silicon Valley, X-Grant Silicon Valley
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** B.S., École Polytechnique, M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Tango and led its technical development before serving as CEO., Co-authored Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming, published by Springer in 2007., Co-founded video-streaming company Dyyno in 2007.

## Career timeline

- **2001** — Moved to California to study at Stanford after École Polytechnique.
- **2006** — Completed his Stanford electrical engineering Ph.D.; subsequently worked at HP Laboratories.
- **2007** — Co-founded Dyyno; co-authored Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming with Bernd Girod.
- **2009** — Co-founded Tango with Uri Raz.
- **2010** — Tango launched its mobile video-calling app in September.
- **2013** — Helped create X-Grant Silicon Valley with fellow École Polytechnique alumni.
- **2014** — Tango announced a $280 million funding round including $215 million from Alibaba.
- **2016** — Appointed Tango CEO on January 6, succeeding Uri Raz.
- **2018** — By December, described himself as a Tango board member and private investor; became Friends of École Polytechnique chairman in April.
- **2024** — Michel Combes succeeded him as Friends of École Polytechnique chairman in January.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Tango and led its technical development before serving as CEO.
- Co-authored Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming, published by Springer in 2007.
- Co-founded video-streaming company Dyyno in 2007.
- Chaired Friends of École Polytechnique from April 2018 to January 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — École Polytechnique announced that Michel Combes had succeeded Setton as chairman of Friends of École Polytechnique.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://il.linkedin.com/in/ericsettton

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