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1 day ago · In 2017, he and his wife, Akiko Yamazaki, pledged $25 million to San Francisco's Asian Art Museum, the largest gift in the museum's history.
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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.
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.
Feb 17, 2021 · Jerry Yang & Akiko Yamazaki . Net worth: $2.3 billion; Source of wealth: Yahoo; Contributions: $250,000; Dagmar Dolby . Net worth: $5.3 billion; Source of wealth: Dolby Laboratories;...
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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.
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.
Sep 26, 2017 · SAN FRANCISCO — In a rare example of high-level cultural philanthropy from Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial elite, Jerry Yang, a Yahoo co-founder, and his wife, Akiko Yamazaki, have pledged $25...
