Jerry Yang
Jerry Yang
Jerry Chih-Yuan Yangis a Taiwanese American Internet entrepreneur and programmer. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth6 November 1968
CityTaipei, Taiwan
CountryUnited States of America
pursue time
The time has come for me to pursue other interests outside of Yahoo.
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I started collecting in the late 1990s. My first purchase was from an auction, a scroll by Dong Qichang, from the early 16th century, the late Ming Dynasty.
bullish cloud generation health heart next potential
Scanadu is right at the heart of the next generation of computing, which combines mobility, sensors, cloud and big data. I am bullish on Scanadu and its potential to revolutionize the way we think about our health.
obtain people platform regard yahoo
People regard Yahoo as a platform for essential services, and it's had a profound impact on the way people obtain information, communicate, and their entertainment.
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Curbside is primed to fundamentally change the way people shop - by creating a seamless way for consumers to access products from local merchants - by successfully developing complex location and inventory technology.
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We think small business in the US and other markets are very fragmented and a tremendous opportunity for a quasi-automated business model like we have to take advantage of.
electrical history interested turned
I thought I wanted to be an electrical engineer, which I turned out to be. But I was always curious about other things too, and what if I got interested in history or the law?
according behind china commitment confident consumers essential internet management providing putting relevant resources services shares similar values vision
We have always had a long-term commitment to China and even more so to the development of its Internet industry, We're confident that Yahoo! is putting its resources behind the right management team, which operates according to similar values as we do, and shares the same vision for providing the most essential and relevant services to consumers and businesses.
yahoo
I don't think Yahoo can be Facebook tomorrow, and don't think Yahoo wants to be Facebook.
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I am excited to join the Workday Board at an exciting time in the company's growth and look forward to leveraging my past experience as a technologist and entrepreneur to provide advice as they continue to look at new areas of growth.
integrated
Search is not just an activity or a destination. It's becoming more integrated and more of a platform.
products
one of the better products we've launched in a long time.
consumer internet offered promises seeing services time
Now we're seeing services and applications. This has been one of the promises the Internet has offered for a long time -- the consumer can really be the programmer.
services
China's Web has grown away from just duplicating services from the U.S.