Jerry Yang

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Jerry Yang, a Taiwanese native raised in San Jose, Calif., co-created the Yahoo Internet navigational guide in April 1994 with David Filo and co-founded Yahoo Inc. in April 1995. He was appointed chief executive officer of the company in November 2008. Yang, a leading force in the Internet media industry, has been instrumental in building Yahoo into the world's most highly trafficked Web site and one of the world's most recognized brands. Since the company's founding, Jerry Yang has been a key member of the executive management team.

His focus at Yahoo over the years has included corporate strategy, Yahoo's technology vision, strategic business partnerships and international joint ventures, and recruiting key talent.In addition to serving on the Yahoo Board of Directors, Jerry Yang currently serves on the board of directors of Cisco Systems, Yahoo Japan, and Alibaba, and is also on the Stanford University Board of Trustees.

Yang holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University and is currently on a leave of absence from Stanford's electrical engineering Ph.D. program.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
12
Jerry Yang has made 12 investments. Their most recent investment was on Apr 17, 2018, when OhmConnect raised $8.50M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Aug 1, 2022 FiscalNote Post-IPO Equity $100M Artificial Intelligence Detail
Feb 8, 2022 Rewire Series Unknown $25M Banking Detail
Aug 12, 2021 Kojo Series B $33.30M Commercial Detail
May 26, 2021 Skiff Seed $3.70M Information Technology Detail
Apr 28, 2021 Alchemy Series B $80M Blockchain Detail
Apr 1, 2021 Caden Pre-seed $3.40M Analytics Detail
Dec 17, 2019 Alchemy Series A $15M Blockchain Detail
Dec 11, 2019 Arthur AI Seed $3.30M Artificial Intelligence Detail
May 22, 2018 Terminal Series A $10M Business Development Detail
Apr 17, 2018 OhmConnect Series B $8.50M Energy Detail
Jan 14, 2015 BlockCypher Seed $3.10M Bitcoin Detail
Jul 8, 2014 Xapo Series A $20M Bitcoin Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
4
Jerry Yang has 4 current jobs including Member of the Board of Directors at Alibaba Group , Member of the Advisory Board at Tango and Advisor at Zoom .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Alibaba Group Member of the Board of Directors Detail
Tango Member of the Advisory Board Detail
Zoom Advisor Detail
DocuSign Member of the Advisory Board Detail