JERRY YANG
Jerry Yang
Born November 6, 1968
Taipei, Taiwan
Occupation Co-founder, CEO and Chief Yahoo!, Yahoo! Inc.
Jerry Yang (born November 6, 1968) is an entrepreneur, co-founder with David Filo
and CEO of Yahoo! Inc. one of the two Chief Yahoo!s and board director of the
company. As of 2007 his net worth is estimated to be US$2.2 billion and is
ranked 432nd among the world's richest people according to Forbes.
Born in Taipei, Taiwan on November 6, 1968, Yang moved to San Jose, California
at the age of ten, with his mother and brother. His father died when Yang was
two. He claimed that despite his mother being an English teacher, he only knew
one English word (shoe) on his arrival. Mastering the English language in only
three years, he was soon placed into an AP English class.
Yang graduated from Sierramont Middle School, and Piedmont Hills High School,
then went on to receive his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from
Stanford University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
While he studied in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, he co-created
in April 1994 with David Filo an Internet website consisting of a directory of
other websites called "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web". It was renamed
Yahoo, meaning "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth", as coined in Gulliver's Travels.
Yahoo became very popular, Yang and Filo realized the business potential and co-founded
Yahoo! Inc. in April 1995. They took a leave of absence and postponed their
doctoral programs indefinitely.
Yahoo! started off as a web portal with a web directory to providing an
extensive range of products and services for online activities, it is now one of
the leading internet brands and has the most trafficked network on the internet.
Jerry Yang considers himself a Chinese American. Yang is married to Akiko
Yamazaki, who was raised in Costa Rica. She graduated from Stanford University
with a degree in industrial engineering. The couple met at the Stanford in Kyoto
overseas program in 1992.
Yang is currently on the Board of Directors of Alibaba, the Asian Pacific Fund,
Cisco and Yahoo! Japan, and is also on the Stanford University Board of Trustees.
In February 2007, Jerry Yang and his wife pledged USD $75 million to Stanford
University, their alma mater, the bulk of which would be dedicated to the
building of a new environmental building on campus.
Jerry Yang
Born November 6, 1968
Taipei, Taiwan
Occupation Co-founder, CEO and Chief Yahoo!, Yahoo! Inc.
Jerry Yang (born November 6, 1968) is an entrepreneur, co-founder with David Filo
and CEO of Yahoo! Inc. one of the two Chief Yahoo!s and board director of the
company. As of 2007 his net worth is estimated to be US$2.2 billion and is
ranked 432nd among the world's richest people according to Forbes.
Born in Taipei, Taiwan on November 6, 1968, Yang moved to San Jose, California
at the age of ten, with his mother and brother. His father died when Yang was
two. He claimed that despite his mother being an English teacher, he only knew
one English word (shoe) on his arrival. Mastering the English language in only
three years, he was soon placed into an AP English class.
Yang graduated from Sierramont Middle School, and Piedmont Hills High School,
then went on to receive his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from
Stanford University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
While he studied in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, he co-created
in April 1994 with David Filo an Internet website consisting of a directory of
other websites called "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web". It was renamed
Yahoo, meaning "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth", as coined in Gulliver's Travels.
Yahoo became very popular, Yang and Filo realized the business potential and co-founded
Yahoo! Inc. in April 1995. They took a leave of absence and postponed their
doctoral programs indefinitely.
Yahoo! started off as a web portal with a web directory to providing an
extensive range of products and services for online activities, it is now one of
the leading internet brands and has the most trafficked network on the internet.
Jerry Yang considers himself a Chinese American. Yang is married to Akiko
Yamazaki, who was raised in Costa Rica. She graduated from Stanford University
with a degree in industrial engineering. The couple met at the Stanford in Kyoto
overseas program in 1992.
Yang is currently on the Board of Directors of Alibaba, the Asian Pacific Fund,
Cisco and Yahoo! Japan, and is also on the Stanford University Board of Trustees.
In February 2007, Jerry Yang and his wife pledged USD $75 million to Stanford
University, their alma mater, the bulk of which would be dedicated to the
building of a new environmental building on campus.