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...While attending a six-month Stanford program in Japan, Yang met his wife Akiko Yamazaki, who was also a Stanford student. They have one child...
...Yahoo! started as a project between Yang and fellow grad student David Filo, who started a listing of their favorite web pages in 1994. (Yang had also tried designing web pages, including one devoted to sumo wrestling.) Yang and Filo initially called the service, which was used mainly by their friends, "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web." The two eventually changed the name to Yahoo!, claiming it was an acronym for "Yet another hierarchical officious oracle...
...Yang and Filo incorporated Yahoo! in 1995, secured venture capital and eventually took the company public...
...From the beginning of the company, Filo and Yang have called themselves "Chief Yahoos." (Yang will revert back to this title when his successor takes over...
...Yang owns a 4% stake in Yahoo! At one point, the company was worth as much as $130 billion; it's currently valued at about $15 billion...