Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang (traditional Chinese: 楊致遠; simplified Chinese: 杨致远; pinyin: Yáng Zhìyuǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông tì oán; born November 6, 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan) is an American Internet entrepreneur and programmer. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc.
Early life
Yang earned both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in electrical engineering from Stanford University in four years. He met David Filo at Stanford in 1989, and the two of them went to Japan in 1992 for a six month exchange program, during which he met the woman who would become his wife, who was there as part of the exchange program.
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| Native name | 楊致遠 |
| Born | Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang November 6, 1968 Taiwan, Republic of China |
| Residence | Los Altos Hills, California, United States |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Founding Partner, AME Cloud Ventures. |
| Net worth |  US$1.8 billion (September 2015) |
| Spouse(s) | Akiko Yamazaki |
American internet entrepreneur Jerry Yang has an estimated net worth of $1.86 billion as of May 2016 according to Forbes. He is best recognized as one of the founders of Yahoo! Inc where he once served as the Chief Executive Officer.
Jerry Yang attended Stanford University where he finished his bachelor and master’s degree in Electrical Engineering. While at the university, he co-founded Yahoo! Inc which was then known as “Jerry and Dave’s Guide to the World Wide Web”. He co-founded Yahoo! Inc with David Filo. In 1999, he was named as one of the world’s top 100 innovators under 35 by the MIT Technology Review TR100 . He served as the company’s CEO from June 2007 through January 2009. He was highly criticized for his performance as CEO because he wasn’t able to increase the company’s stock price and revenues under his management. He was replaced by Carol Bartz. As of the moment, Jerry Yang serves as one of the board of directors of Cisco and Asian Pacific Fund. He is also part of Board of Trustees of Stanford University.
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