AKA Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang

Born: 6-Nov-1968
Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Co-Founder of Yahoo

Co-Founder, with David Filo, of Yahoo. Net worth $2.2B (Forbes 2007).

Father: (d. 1970)
Mother: Lily
Brother: Ken
Wife: Akiko Yamazaki (anthropologist, one child)

    High School: Piedmont Hills High School, San Jose, CA
    University: BSEE, Stanford University
    University: MSEE, Stanford University
    Administrator: Trustee, Stanford University

    Yahoo! Co-Founder (1995)
    Yahoo! CEO (2007-09)
    Member of the Board of Alibaba (2005-)
    Member of the Board of Cisco (2000-)
    Member of the Board of Yahoo! (1995-2012)
    American Success PAC
    Bayou Leader PAC
    Bush-Cheney '04
    Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
    Friends for Harry Reid
    McCain 2000
    Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
    Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
    World Technology Network
    Chinese Ancestry

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