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Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang (Chinese: 楊致遠; pinyin: Yáng Zhìyuǎn; born Yang Chih-Yuan; November 6, 1968) is a Taiwanese-born American billionaire computer programmer, internet entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo!
Yahoo was established by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s. [5] However, its use declined in the 2010s as some of its services were discontinued, and it lost market share to Facebook and Google .
Yang Chih-yuan may refer to: Jerry Yang (born 1968), Chinese name Yang Chih-yuan, Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and the co-founder of Yahoo! Inc; Yang Chih-yuan (politician) (born 1990), Taiwanese nationalist politician; Yang Chih-yuan, a Taiwanese student involved in a controversy about stamps designed for the International Day of Peace in 2004
Xu Xi (許素細) – English language novelist based in Hong Kong; Geling Yan (严歌苓) – novelist and screenwriter; Gene Luen Yang (楊謹倫) – graphic novelist, whose book American Born Chinese was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award; Laurence Yep (叶祥添) – two-time winner of the Newbery Honor
An Internet entrepreneur is an owner, founder or manager of an Internet-based business. This list includes Internet company founders and people brought on to companies for their general business or accounting acumen, as is the case with some CEOs hired by companies started by entrepreneurs.
June 18, 2007: Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang replaces Terry Semel as CEO. [69] June 20, 2007: Yahoo! agrees to acquire Rivals.com. [70] June 28, 2007: Yahoo! UK/Ireland online auctions closes, but the Hong Kong sites are not affected. [71] July 18, 2007: Yahoo acquires 35 percent stake in Indian online advertising company Tyroo Media Pvt Ltd. [72]
Yahoo was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 2, 1995. [4] [5] Yahoo was one of the pioneers of the early internet era in the 1990s. [6] Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive, was CEO and president of Yahoo from July 2012 until June 2017. [7] It was globally known for its Web portal, search ...
Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨向中; traditional Chinese: 楊向中; pinyin: Yáng Xiàngzhōng; July 1959 – 5 February 2009) was a Chinese-American biotechnology scientist, and stem cell research advocate. In 1999 he was credited with creating the first cloned farm animal in the United States – a cow called "Amy".