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Yang is married to Japan-born Akiko Yamazaki, who was raised in Costa Rica. They met in 1992 during a 6-month Stanford exchange program. Yamazaki graduated from Stanford University with a degree in industrial engineering and is a director with the Wildlife Conservation Network. Yang currently lives in Los Altos Hills, California.
Aug 26, 2020 · 13. 2.2K views 3 years ago. Meet Akiko Yamazaki who is an accomplished philanthropist, equestrienne and wife to Yahoo! co-founder, Jerry Yang. She is also a passionate conservationist, and...
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4 days ago · Yang served as Yahoo's CEO from 2007 to 2009; he left Yahoo's board in 2012. In 2017, he and his wife, Akiko Yamazaki, pledged $25 million to San Francisco's Asian Art Museum, the largest gift...
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Dec 15, 2018 · Yang, a Taiwanese-born American, and his wife Akiko Yamazaki, a Costa-Rican-born Japanese-American, are significant leaders within the Bay Area art world and recently gave $25 million to the Asian Art Museum.
Oct 5, 2021 · Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki. SOURCE OF WEALTH: Cofounder of Yahoo. FUNDING AREAS: Education, Bay Area Community. OVERVIEW: Thus far, Jerry Yang and his wife Akiko's grantmaking has been limited to a few large grants to educational institutions, primarily his alma mater, Stanford.
Akiko is married to her husband Jerry Yang a Taiwanese-American billionaire computer programmer, internet entrepreneur, and venture capitalist who is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. As of July 2023, Jerry has a net worth of $2.5 billion.
Yang and his wife, Akiko Yamazaki (also a Stanford graduate), are active philanthropists. They support a wide range of programs at Stanford, and are the lead donors of the San Francisco Asian Art Museum expansion. Yang holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
