Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and co-founder of the popular search engine Yahoo!. Born on November 6, 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan, Yang has achieved great success in the tech industry, with a net worth of over 1.2 billion dollars as of early 2012. He served as CEO of Yahoo! from 2007 to 2009.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $2.4 Billion (2024)
2009$1.25 Billion
2010$1.15 Billion
2011$1.1 Billion
2012$1.2 Billion
2013$1.7 Billion
2014$2 Billion
2015$1.7 Billion
2016$2.2 Billion
2017$2.3 Billion
2018$2.69 Billion
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About
Co-founder and one-time CEO of the Yahoo! search engine. His net worth, as of early 2012, was over 1.2 billion dollars.
Before Fame
He attended Stanford University, where he studied electrical engineering.
Trivia
In 2008, he rejected CEO job offers from Microsoft and Google.
Family Life
He married a Japanese woman, Akiko Yamazaki, who was raised in Costa Rica.
Associated With
He opposed his company's takeover by Microsoft and Bill Gates, a widely derided decision that led to him resigning as Yahoo's CEO in 2009.
