- Born
- Birth nameYang Chih-Yuan Huang
- Jerry Yang was born on November 6, 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan. He is an actor, known for World Series of Poker (2007), 2009 World Series of Poker (2009) and National Heads-Up Poker Championship (2008). He has been married to Akiko Yamazaki since April 1995. They have one child.
- SpouseAkiko Yamazaki(April 1995 - present) (1 child)
- Co-founder of Yahoo!.
- (18 June) Replaced Terry Semel as CEO of Yahoo!
- In 1999 Yang was named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.
- While a graduate student at Stanford University, with his cohort David Filo, he founded "Jerry & David's Guide To The World Wide Web." It eventually evolved into Yahoo.
- In 2017 Yang and his wife pledged $25 million to the Asian Art Museum.
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