13 Facts About Mike Chen

Mike Chen has over 8 million subscribers on all of his YouTube channels combined.

Mike Chen was born in Xi'an, China and moved to the United States when he was 8 years old.

Mike Chen grew up in the American Midwest, working at the Chinese buffets that his parents owned.

Once Mike Chen departed from Morgan Stanley, he worked as the head of digital strategy at the non-profit media company New Tang Dynasty Television.

Mike Chen cites his reason as being a practitioner of Falun Gong, and he had wanted to promote awareness of human rights violations in China.

Under New Tang Dynasty Television, Mike Chen co-created the YouTube channel Off the Great Wall, a channel discussing Chinese culture, with several other employees.

In 2013, Chen began making vlogs about food, which eventually led him to create multiple YouTube channels dedicated to food vlogs, such as Cook With Mikey, Eat With Mikey, and Strictly Dumpling.

In 2015, Mike Chen left New Tang Dynasty Television and Off the Great Wall with his co-worker, Dan Mike Chen, citing creative differences.

In 2019, Mike Chen was nominated under the Best in Food category for the 11th Shorty Awards.

Mike Chen announced he plans on opening Karne, a Korean steakhouse, in Dallas, Texas.

Mike Chen lived in New York while working with New Tang Dynasty Television, but after leaving in 2015, he moved to San Francisco, California.

Mike Chen married Christine Ahn on July 12,2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mike Chen is a practitioner of Falun Gong and cites it as a reason why he started doing non-profit work with New Tang Dynasty Television.