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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.
- Founding Partner, AME Cloud Ventures.
- Akiko Yamazaki
May 18, 2018 · Jerry Yang, born in Taiwan in 1968, emigrated to the United States with his mother when he was ten. He graduated from Stanford in 1990 with a bachelor of science and a master of science degree in electrical engineering in four years.
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Yang, Jerry (1968-) Yahoo! Overview. Jerry Yang teamed with fellow Stanford student David Filo to make the emerging World Wide Web a place that could be navigated. What started out as a part–time project mostly for their own benefit turned into Yahoo!
June 18, 2007: Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang replaces Terry Semel as CEO. June 20, 2007: Yahoo! agrees to acquire Rivals.com. June 28, 2007: Yahoo! UK/Ireland online auctions closes, but the Hong Kong sites are not affected. July 18, 2007: Yahoo acquires 35 percent stake in Indian online advertising company Tyroo Media Pvt Ltd.
Yahoo was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 2, 1995. Yahoo was one of the pioneers of the early internet era in the 1990s. Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive, served as CEO and President of Yahoo from 2012 until June 2017. It was globally known for its Web portal, search engine Yahoo!
Widely recognized as a visionary and pioneer in the Internet technology sector, he was named one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35 by the MIT Technology Review in 1999. Yang is on Stanford University’s Board of Trustees, where he is a vice-chair.
Born in the mountains of northern Laos, Jerry spent four and a half years in a Thai refugee camp after his family escaped the Communist forces. He endured horrific living conditions there and watched his family members die at gunpoint, but miraculously escaped and immigrated to the United States.
