Jerry Yang

Jerry Yang (#1378)

Global Rank #1378

Country Rank #494

Country United States

When I told my Mom that I was stepping out of my Ph.D. to start a company and basically sell "Internet advertising" for a living, she wasn't too keen on the idea, but she supported me. These days, she doesn't complain very much!

$ 3 B
Yahoo
United States
M
57 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #1,378

Country Rank #494

Net Worth $3.1B

Previous Worth $3.1B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country United States

Industry Yahoo

Age 57 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence Los Altos Hills, California

Citizenship United States

World Billionaires List United States Billionaires Yahoo

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 57

Source Of Wealth Yahoo, Self Made

Self Made Score 10

Philanthropy Score 2

Residence Los Altos Hills, California

Citizenship United States

Marital Status Married

Children 2

Education Bachelor of Arts/Science, Stanford University; Master of Science, Stanford University

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $3.1B

Current Net Worth $3.1B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Yang cofounded web portal Yahoo in 1995 after dropping out of a Ph.D. program in electrical engineering at Stanford. Yang served as Yahoo's CEO from 2007 to 2009; he left Yahoo's board in 2012. In 2017, he and his wife, Akiko Yamazaki, pledged $25 million to San Francisco's Asian Art Museum, the largest gift in the museum's history. In 2016, Yahoo completed the sale of its core operating business to Verizon for $5 billion in cash. Yang founded AME Cloud Ventures, which bets on data-driven startups. Through his fund and personally, Yang has made several impact-minded investments. Yang began a two-year term as chair of the board of trustees at Stanford, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees, in July 2021.

Achievements

Forbes List Highlights

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#1406

Billionaires (2026)

#340

Forbes 400 (2021)

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Yang was born in Taiwan; his father died when he was two. He immigrated to the U.S. at age 10 with his mother and brother.

A former Chinese calligraphy student, Yang has a collection of about 250 works of ancient Chinese calligraphy from the Ming and Qing eras.

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Current Net Worth: $3.1B (May 4, 2026)