Jerry Yang, Chief Yahoo!
By Michelle Silver
Age: 32
Born: 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan
Birth name: Yang Chih-Yuan
Move to America: Immigrated to
San Jose, Calif, when he was 10
(adopted the name Jerry).
Founded Yahoo!: In April 1994, in
his dorm room at Stanford, with
roommate and partner David Filo
Business origins: “Jerry's Guide to
the World Wide Web” (original
name) started as a list of Jerry and
David's favorite web sites.
First offices: A trailer on the
Stanford campus
Current offices: A complex in
Mountain View, Calif., with purple
workstations and Foosball tables
Yahoo! stat: 30 million visitors per
month
Net worth: $3.7 billion, #32 on
Forbes Tech list of richest people
Marital status: Married to Akiko (a
Yahoo! marketing director) in 1997
Favorite downtime activities:
Watching ESPN, golfing, biking and
watching sumo wrestling (the original
Yahoo! servers were named
“Akebono” and "Konishiki” after
famous sumo wrestlers)
Favorite foods: Taco Bell, pizza,
Vietnamese beef noodle soup
Business card label: Jerry Yang,
Chief Yahoo!
About working at Yahoo!: “It’s the
best job I’ve ever had—actually, it’s
the only job I’ve ever had.” •
Have you started a business of your
own in college? Tell us about it.
Write to editor@steamtunnels.net
For the complete story of how^
Jerry Yang founded Yahoo!, visit
www.steamtunnels.net
© Reuters Newmedia Inc./CORBIS
Inb^n^'b r/A'Sj)
Founder & President/Editor-in-Chief
Robert Desmond
(rdesmond@steamtunnels.net)
Chief Operating Officer
Joseph Freeman
(jfreeman@steamtunnels.net)
Managing Editor
Keith Powers
(kpowers@steamtunnels.net)
Creative Director
Audrey Borowski
(aborowski@steamtunnels.net)
Contributing Writers
Nicholas Montfort
(nmontfort@steamtunnels.net)
Jack Teems
(jteems@steamtunnels.net)
John Walker
(jwalker@steamtunnels.net)
Karen Zierler
(kzierler@steamtunnels.net)
Contributors
Christopher Desmond, Erin Hagedorn,
Julie Short, Michelle Silver
Corporate Information Technology
David Stifter
(dstifter@steamtunnels.net)
Web Development
Aaron Bell
(abell@steamtunnels.net)
Lawrence Gentilello
(lgentilello@steamtunnels.net)
Tuyen Truong
(ttruong@steamtunnels.net)
Regional Marketing Managers
Andrew Gregory - Northeastern Region
(agregory@steamtunnels.net)
Saul Lookner - Southeastern Region
(slookner@steamtunnels.net)
David Mars - Mid-Atlantic Region
(dmars@steamtunnels.net)
Peter Maugeri - Southwestern Region
(pmaugeri@steamtunnels.net)
Tony McRoberts - Midwestern Region
(tmcroberts@steamtunnels.net)
Matthew McRoberts - Western Region
(mmcroberts@steamtunnels.net)
Steamtunnels® is a publication of
CollegeWebGuide.com, Inc.
Copyright © 2000
All Rights Reserved
CollegeWebGuide.com, Inc.
220 Boylston St., Suite 302
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
tel(617) 964-5060
fax (617) 964-5065
info@steamtunnels.net
J