[3] Prior to his career in professional sports management, Yu was a high-technology executive, most notably as the chief financial officer of both Facebook[4] and YouTube[5] as well as the senior vice president and treasurer of Yahoo.
[9] Perhaps the most notable distinction during Yu's tenure at the San Francisco 49ers, however, is that he is the first president of color of any team in the history of the National Football League.
"[13] Yu led the $375 million investment round[14] from Microsoft and Hong-Kong billionaire Li Ka Shing[15] at a then record $15 billion valuation.
"[13] Before Facebook, Yu was a partner at Sequoia Capital,[16] and was also the chief financial officer at YouTube[5] where he negotiated[17] its $1.65 billion sale[18] to Google amidst a competitive auction for the company.
Prior to Yahoo, Yu was the chief financial officer of NightFire Software (acquired by NeuStar, NYSE: NSR) and held positions at Disney, Hilton, and DLJ / CSFB.