Million was founded by a popular YouTuber called “TechLead”. His real name is Patrick Shyu and he is a US-based software developer and former software engineer at Google and Facebook. Prior to launching Million, he worked at Google from 2014 to 2018 and published videos about getting hired and leaving Google. After that, he worked for a year at Facebook before getting supposedly fired for running a YouTube channel.
He started his YouTube channel in February 2018, and as of August 2021, his channel counts over 1 million subscribers. Shyu claims to be a multimillionaire, although his exact net worth is unknown. In a YouTube video, he provided a breakdown of his influencer income: AdSense – $158,000; Tech Interview Pro – approximately $800,000 to $1,000,000; YouTube backstage – approximately $10,000 per month; affiliate & sponsor commissions – approximately $50,000 to $100,000 per year.