General Manager
Yahoo! Real Estate
Succeeding Terry Semel, Yang was named Yahoo's new CEO in June 2007. While undertaking his Ph.D. studies in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, he co-created in April 1994 with David Filo "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web". It was renamed Yahoo, a acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle", grew in popularity and became Yahoo, Inc. in 1995. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Yang was a Principal with Atlas Venture, an international venture capital firm, investing in enterprise software and IT solutions. He also served as Senior Director of Product Marketing and Business Development for Zaplet, a collaborative business process management system, and also as a member of AOL's Business Affairs team, focused on e-commerce, interactive marketing and content licensing transactions. Yang holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard University. |
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