Jerry Yang
Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese-born American computer programmer and internet entrepreneur who co-founded Yahoo! Inc. in 1994 alongside David Filo while studying at Stanford University. He is the founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on data-centric companies, and currently serves on the boards of Alibaba Group and Workday, Inc. He is best known for co-founding Yahoo! and for orchestrating Yahoo!'s 2005 purchase of a 40% stake in Alibaba, which became one of the most successful corporate investments in Silicon Valley history. He was appointed Chair of the Stanford University Board of Trustees in July 2021.
“Stan Shih (Acer), Amadeo Giannini (Bank of America), Larry Hillblom (DHL), George Eastman (Kodak), Fred Smith (FedEx), Jerry Yang (Yahoo), Carlos Slim (América Móvil), Jorge Paulo Lemann (3G Capital), Aristotle Onassis (Olympic Maritime), Harland David Sanders (KFC), James Dyson, Lorenzo Zambrano (CEMEX), Jim Casey (UPS), Li Ka-Shing (CK Hutchison), Frank Lowy (Westfield), Alfred Krupp all lost parents in childhood or adolescence.”
Source→“"Jerry Yang (Yahoo)... Named in early parental loss list."”
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