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Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang ( Chinese: 楊致遠; pinyin: Yáng Zhìyuǎn; born Yang Chih-Yuan; November 6, 1968) is a Taiwanese-American billionaire computer programmer, internet entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc., which he started with classmate David Filo in 1994.
- Founding Partner, AME Cloud Ventures.
- Akiko Yamazaki
Xao "Jerry" Yang (born 1967) is an ethnic Hmong American poker player from Temecula, California and the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. Yang started playing poker in 2005. An amateur player at the time, Yang entered the 2007 World Series of Poker after winning a $225 satellite at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula.
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- Xao Yang, 1967 (age 55–56), Vientiane, Laos
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- Temecula, California, U.S.
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Oct 18, 2023 · Tradition of Innovation: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Jerry Yang - Personal Life. Yang was born in Taiwan. His parents were English teachers. After his father passed away when he was two, he immigrated to the U.S. with his mother and brother. Jerry Yang currently lives in California. He met his wife, Akiko Yamazaki, at Kyoto University and they got ...
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Master of Science, Stanford University
- November 6, 1968
- American
Apr 4, 2018 · We sit down with Jerry Yang, Co-Founder of Yahoo!, to discuss the early days of Yahoo!, how he met Jack Ma and pulled off one of the best investments in tech history, what he’s doing now, and how to win in China.
Jerry Yang. Country of origin: Taiwan. Year came to U.S.: 1978. Education: BS and MS Electrical Engineering, Stanford University. Business: Yahoo! (1994) Headquarters: Sunnyvale, CA. 2017 revenue: $5.2 billion. Worldwide employment: 8,600. The only English Yang knew when he came to the United States was the word “shoe.”
Yahoo was established by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s. However, its use declined in the late 2000s as some of its services were discontinued, and it lost market share to Facebook and Google.
Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo! YAHOO CHIEF YANG SMILES AFTER LAUNCH OF YAHOO FINANCEVISION AT NASDAQ. Yahoo co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang has resigned from the Sunnyvale Internet...