Michael Yang
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Michael Yang | |
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| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, investor |
| Children | 4 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 양민정 |
| Hanja | 梁民正 |
| Revised Romanization | Yang Minjeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yang Minjǒng |
| Website | http://www.michaelyang.com/ |
Michael Yang is a Korean American technology entrepreneur and investor. He was born in Seoul, South Korea and moved to San Jose, California on April 2, 1976, with his family when he was 14 years old.[citation needed]
After attending UC Berkeley and Columbia University graduate school, Yang worked for Xerox, Intergraph, Televideo, Samsung and Jazz Multimedia.[citation needed] In 1998, he co-founded his first company mySimon, which was acquired by CNET in 2000 for $700 million during the first Internet boom.[1]
He then co-founded Become.com in 2005[2] and raised $37 million in capital from TPG, Transcosmos, EFF and Ron Conway.[citation needed]. Become.com was sold to Shopzilla in 2012.
Yang moved to Los Angeles in 2013 and started Michael Yang Capital Partners I LP, a hedge fund specializing in information technology companies in 2017.
References
[edit]- ^ Ho, Soyoung (January 12, 2009). "Bankers, Grocers and Lots of Kims". Forbes.
- ^ admin-ectnews (2006-10-12). "Become.com CEO Yang: Comparison Search Is Evolving". E-Commerce Times. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
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