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Jerry Yang

Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!

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Born
November 6, 1968
Age in 2026
58
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1968

About Jerry Yang

Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang is a Taiwanese-born American billionaire computer programmer, internet entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. and founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures. As of May 2025, Yang has a net worth of $3.1 billion. Yang founded Yahoo! in 1994 and was CEO from 2007 to 2009. Yang met Alibaba founder Jack Ma in 1997 during Yang's first trip to China. He founded a venture capital firm called AME Cloud Ventures and, as of 2015, is on several corporate boards. Ma created Alibaba several months later.

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Jerry Yang timeline

  1. Yang founded Yahoo! in 1994 and was CEO from 2007 to 2009.
  2. Yang met Alibaba founder Jack Ma in 1997 during Yang's first trip to China.
  3. He founded a venture capital firm called AME Cloud Ventures and, as of 2015, is on several corporate boards.

The world when Jerry Yang was born

Jerry Yang was born in 1968. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1968

  • #1 song"Hey Jude" – The Beatles
  • Top movie2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Top TV showRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  • Best-selling bookAirport – Arthur Hailey

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBob Beamon shatters long jump record at Mexico City Olympics
  • Top headlineMLK and RFK assassinated
  • Technology milestoneDouglas Engelbart demonstrates the computer mouse
  • Defining fadTie-dye everything
  • Notable inventionComputer mouse (Douglas Engelbart)
  • World population3.55 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championDetroit Tigers (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population200.7M

1968 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jerry Yang's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19682026
Gas$0.34$3.45/gal
Average home$15,600$435,000
Average income$10,300$67,500
Minimum wage$1.60$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.31$11.95
Postage stamp$0.06$0.73
Population200.7M341 million

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