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Jerry Yang is a male entrepreneur, computer scientist, and businessperson who was born in Taipei in 1968. He is a Taiwanese American who holds United States citizenship and resides in Los Altos Hills. Yang is educated at Stanford University and is recognized as a billionaire with a net worth of 1,800,000,000. He serves on boards of directors and is an art collector.
His notable work includes Yahoo. In addition to his business ventures, Yang is an author with one work titled *All In*. His name in his native language is 楊致遠.
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- Works
- 1
Top works
- All In
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Key facts
- Born
- Yang Chih-Yuan , ( 1968-11-06 ) November 6, 1968 (age 57) , Taipei , Taiwan
- Education
- Stanford University ( BS , MS )
- Occupations
- Founding Partner, AME Cloud Ventures
- Spouse
- Akiko Yamazaki
- Relatives
- Chih-Kong Ken Yang (brother)
- Traditional chinese
- 楊 致 遠
- Simplified chinese
- 杨 致 远
- Hanyu pinyin
- Yáng Zhìyuǎn
- Hokkien poj
- iông tì oán
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jerry
- Family name
- Yang
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Taipei
- Occupation
- art collector
- Notable work
- Yahoo
- Image
- Jerry yang 2010(4555102908).jpg
- Residence
- Los Altos Hills
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- Jerry Yang (entrepreneur)
- date of birth
- 1968-11-06
- name in native language
- 楊致遠
- net worth
- 1800000000
- member of
- board of directors
- has characteristic
- billionaire
- ethnic group
- Taiwanese people
- subject has role
- billionaire
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Encyclopedic overview
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! Inc. and founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures. As of May 2025, Yang has a net worth of $3.1 billion.
Early life and education
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