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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. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. and founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures. [1] [2]
Oct 22, 2024 · 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...
Jun 21, 2024 · Jerry Yang and David Filo first met when both were students at Stanford in 1989. Filo was a teacher’s assistant in a computer architecture class in which Yang was enrolled.
Oct 18, 2023 · Jerry Yang's connection with Alibaba is a notable chapter in his post-Yahoo career. In 2005, Yahoo made a strategic investment in Alibaba, a Chinese E-commerce and technology giant founded by Jack Ma.
Jerry Yang, who has served as chair of Stanford’s Board of Trustees since 2021, earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford in 1990.
Jerry Yang: He was not my tour guide, but he was my government official…He was tasked to handle me. The Startups Team: Talk about making lemonade out of lemons. You go to China, you’re handled by a government dude and he ends up making you the biggest pile of riches in the history of Silicon Valley. Jerry Yang: That’s life.
Mar 4, 2024 · Jerry Yang won the 2007 World Series of Poker, possibly making him the Hmong millionaire in the United States. Now he own Fresno's Shobu
