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Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang (Chinese: 楊致遠; pinyin: Yáng Zhìyuǎn; born Yang Chih-Yuan; November 6, 1968) is an American billionaire computer programmer, internet entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.
1 day ago · Yang cofounded web portal Yahoo in 1995 after dropping out of a Ph.D. program in electrical engineering at Stanford. Yang served as Yahoo's CEO from 2007 to 2009; he left Yahoo's board in...
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Sep 30, 2014 · Yang, who sits on the boards of enterprise software powerhouse Workday and is vice chair of Stanford University, points out that Silicon Valley doesn't just stand to gain cash from Asia...
After dropping out of grad school to take Yahoo! public, Yang has seen his worth in stock and options top $1 billion. Born Chih-Yuan Yang in Taiwan, he was 10 when his family immigrated to...
Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese-American internet entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder, and the former CEO of ‘Yahoo! Inc.’. Born in Taiwan, his family moved to United States when he was ten and he learned to speak the English language in the following years.
Jerry co-founded Yahoo! in 1995 and served on its Board and as a member of its executive team until 2012. Jerry was instrumental in building Yahoo!’s relationships with Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba and continues to be a thought leader in China and Asia.
Jan 15, 2021 · Stanford alumnus Jerry Yang, founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures and co-founder of Yahoo!, has been elected chair of the Stanford University Board of Trustees, succeeding Jeff Raikes.
