Jerry Yang (Asian Americans of Achievement)

Growing up in Taipei, Taiwan, Jerry Yang was a bright child who always asked the question "Why?" When he was 10 years old, his widowed mother, a university professor, moved the family to California, and a remarkable new life began for her sons. While at Stanford University, Yang met fellow student David Filo, and together they created "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web." This list of their favorite Web sites would one day become the Internet search engine giant Yahoo! In the years since, Yahoo! has been recognized as one of the most widely-used search engines and Internet portals in the world. As the company's "Chief Yahoo," Yang has remained at the forefront of Internet technology for more than a decade and has ridden the ups and downs of the Internet's booms and busts. Asian Americans of Achievement explores the lives of notable Americans who are of Asian descent or who immigrated to the United States from Asia. Readers will learn about the lives of important artists, athletes, politicians, and entertainers and will discover how being Asian American affected the subjects and informed their work. Special boxed insets on "Being Asian American," "The Story of My Family," and "Between the Generation" will allow readers to experience an important part of American history. Growing up in Taipei, Taiwan, Jerry Yang was a bright child who always asked the question 'Why?' When he was 10 years old, his widowed mother, a university professor, moved the family to California, and a remarkable new life began for her sons. While at Stanford University, Yang met fellow student David Filo and created "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web." This list of their favorite Web sites would one day become the Internet search engine giant Yahoo! In the years since, Yahoo! has been recognized as one of the most widely used search engines and Internet portals in the world. As the company's 'Chief Yahoo', Yang has remained at the forefront of Internet technology for more a decade and has ridden the ups and downs of the Internet's booms and busts Contents......Page 6 1: Organizing the Web......Page 8 2: From Taipei to San Jose and Beyond......Page 15 3: Surf's Up!......Page 25 4: Riding the Wave......Page 41 5: Growing Pains......Page 55 6: Into the Stratosphere......Page 68 7: Twenty-First Century Yahoos......Page 81 8: Looking to the Future......Page 96 Chronology and Timeline......Page 105 Glossary......Page 108 Bibliography......Page 111 Further Resources......Page 115 Index......Page 117 About the Author......Page 121 This is a biography of Jerry Yang, who, with fellow Stanford student David Filo, created a list of their favorite Web sites which eventually became Yahoo!