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Jerry Yang

Jerry Yang, a Taiwanese native raised in San Jose, Calif., co-created the Yahoo Internet navigational guide in April 1994 with David Filo and co-founded Yahoo Inc. in April 1995. He was appointed chief executive officer of the company in June 2007, and stepped down in November 2008.

Mr. Yang, a leading force in the Internet media industry, has been instrumental in building Yahoo into the world’s most highly trafficked Web site and one of the world’s most recognized brands. Since the company’s founding, Mr. Yang has been a key member of the executive management team. His focus at Yahoo over the years has included corporate strategy, Yahoo’s technology vision, strategic business partnerships and international joint ventures, and recruiting key talent. In addition to serving on the Yahoo Board of Directors, Mr. Yang currently serves on the board of directors of Cisco Systems, Yahoo Japan, and Alibaba, and is also on the Stanford University Board of Trustees. Mr. Yang holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University and is currently on a leave of absence from Stanford’s electrical engineering Ph.D. program.

Recent Milestones

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  Jerry Yang invested in Zoom Video Communications. (1/28/13)
  Posted 1/28/13 at 5:04am via techcrunch.com
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  Jerry Yang added a position as Board Observer & Investor at Wish. (1/21/13)
  Posted 1/29/13 at 7:30pm
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  Jerry Yang invested in Treasure Data. (11/1/12)
  Posted 3/31/13 at 11:57pm
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  Jerry Yang invested in Whitetruffle. (10/1/12)
  Posted 6/18/13 at 6:24pm
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  Jerry Yang invested in Openbucks. (7/16/12)
  Posted 5/24/12 at 4:54pm via techcrunch.com
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  Jerry Yang invested in AppCard. (1/1/12)
  Posted 5/15/13 at 12:30pm via thenextweb.com
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  Jerry Yang invested in Leftronic. (11/17/10)
  Posted 3/20/13 at 8:01pm via xconomy.com
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  Jerry Yang — Steps down as Yahoo CEO (11/17/08)
  Posted 11/17/08 at 5:33pm via techcrunch.com
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  Jerry Yang — Named one of Time Magazine's top 25 most influential people on the web (2008) (9/30/08)
  Posted 10/1/08 at 11:17am via businessweek.com
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  Jerry Yang added a position as Co-Founder at Yahoo!. (4/1/95)
  Posted 3/22/13 at 9:35am
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  Jerry Yang added a position as Founder at Ame Cloud Ventures.
  Posted 3/22/13 at 9:35am

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The 25 Most Influential People on the Web (images.businessweek.com) []
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1. Zoom Raises $6M Series A, Launches Version 1.0 Of Its Radically Different Virtual Conferencing Tool (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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4. Gift Card Payment Network Openbucks Raises $4.8 Million Series A, Led By Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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6. Leftronic Turns Any Startup Office into a Command Center (xconomy.com) [edit]