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Jerry Yang

1968 - Today

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Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang (Chinese: 楊致遠; pinyin: Yáng Zhìyuǎn; born Yang Chih-Yuan; November 6, 1968) is an American billionaire computer programmer, internet entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Yang has received more than 1,998,902 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Yang is the 411th most popular businessperson (up from 421st in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Taiwan (up from 27th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Taiwanese Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jerry Yang ranks 411 out of 601. Before him are Samuel Brannan, Jensen Huang, Gigi Becali, Jim Marshall, Savva Mamontov, and Gaston Gallimard. After him are Azim Premji, Muhtar Kent, Mansour Ojjeh, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Lev Avnerovich Leviev, and Gustav Wiederkehr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Jerry Yang ranks 128. Before him are Kelly Rutherford, Sandra Roelofs, Jordi Mollà, Karl Ove Knausgård, Alejandro Sanz, and Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. After him are Dragana Mirković, Vítor Pereira, Hajime Moriyasu, Shaggy, Rosalinda Celentano, and Raghad Hussein.

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In Taiwan

Among people born in Taiwan, Jerry Yang ranks 17 out of 97. Before him are Brigitte Lin (1954), Shu Qi (1976), Takeshi Kaneshiro (1973), Terry Gou (1950), Yang Chuan-kwang (1933), and Jensen Huang (1963). After him are Frank Hsieh (1946), Peter Chen (1947), Wu Den-yih (1948), Annette Lu (1944), Chi Cheng (1944), and Lin Chi-ling (1974).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Taiwan

Among businesspeople born in Taiwan, Jerry Yang ranks 4. Before him are Steve Chen (1978), Terry Gou (1950), and Jensen Huang (1963). After him are Lisa Su (1969) and Kai-Fu Lee (1961).

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