Jerry Yang
Taiwanese-American co-founder of Yahoo!
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Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese-born American entrepreneur who co-founded Yahoo! with David Filo in 1994 as a guide to the early web. Yahoo became one of the internet’s most popular sites. Yang was CEO from 2007 to 2009 and championed Yahoo’s hugely profitable stake in Alibaba.
Biography
Background
Yang was born in Taipei and moved to San Jose aged ten with his mother and brother. He studied electrical engineering at Stanford.
Yahoo!
As PhD students in 1994, he and David Filo made a list of their favourite websites, “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web”. Renamed Yahoo!, it grew into a web portal with search, email and news, and went public in 1996.
Alibaba
In 2005 Yang led Yahoo’s $1 billion investment in Alibaba for a 40 per cent stake, which became worth many times more.
CEO
He became CEO in 2007 and rejected Microsoft’s $44.6 billion takeover offer in 2008, a decision widely criticised. He left in 2012 and founded the investment firm AME Cloud Ventures.
Timeline
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1968
Born in Taipei, Taiwan
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1994
Starts the web guide that became Yahoo!
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1995
Yahoo! incorporated
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1996
Yahoo! IPO
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2005
Invests in Alibaba
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2007
Becomes CEO
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2008
Rejects Microsoft’s offer
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2012
Leaves Yahoo!
Did you know?
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1
“Yahoo” stood jokingly for “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle”.
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2
He knew only one English word, “shoe”, when he arrived in the US.
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3
He has given large gifts to Stanford.
Connections
Frequently asked
Who is Jerry Yang?
Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese-born American entrepreneur who co-founded Yahoo! with David Filo in 1994 as a guide to the early web. Yahoo became one of the internet’s most popular sites. Yang was CEO from 2007 to 2009 and championed Yahoo’s hugely profitable stake in Alibaba.
How old is Jerry Yang?
Jerry Yang is 58 years old, born on 6 November 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Where is Jerry Yang from?
Jerry Yang was born in Taipei, Taiwan.
What is Jerry Yang known for?
Jerry Yang is best known for Co-founding Yahoo! (1994); Yahoo CEO 2007–2009; investment in Alibaba.
References
- Jerry Yang — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Jerry Yang — IMDb. IMDb. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Jerry Yang (Q215284) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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- First published 4 November 2026
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