“Gideon Yu was the Chief Financial Officer of Facebook, where he [led] finance, accounting, investor relations, real estate and human resource operations. Prior to Facebook, Gideon was the CFO of YouTube, where he negotiated its $1.65 billion sale to Google. Gideon was also the Treasurer and Senior Vice President of Finance for Yahoo and led corporate finance, M&A / business development evaluation, cash management, real estate and treasury operations. Gideon executed over 30 acquisitions or investments for Yahoo, including Alibaba / Taobao, Overture, Inktomi, Flickr, and del.icio.us and over $5 billion of capital markets transactions, including $750 million in zero coupon / zero yield convertible notes – Yahoo’s first financing since its IPO. Prior to Yahoo, Gideon was the CFO of NightFire Software (acquired by NeuStar, NYSE: NSR) and held positions at Disney, Hilton, and DLJ / CSFB. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and engineering management from Stanford University.” (Source: Facebook)

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Invested in Vobile. (11/1/07)
Posted 11/14/07 at 6:03am
Added position as Treasurer and Senior Vice President of Finance at Yahoo!.
Posted 3/25/08 at 2:53pm
Added to The Walt Disney Company.
Posted 3/25/08 at 2:57pm
Added position as Partner at The Walt Disney Company.
Posted 8/25/09 at 9:35am
Added position as CFO at YouTube.
Posted 3/25/08 at 2:51pm
Added position as CFO at Facebook.
Posted 8/15/07 at 10:29pm
Added position as General Partner at The Walt Disney Company.
Posted 8/25/09 at 11:13am