[4][6][7] After moving to the US, Yang took the American name Jerry; his mother, Lily; and his younger brother, Ken.

According to Rob Solomon, a venture capitalist at Accel Partners, Yang was "a great founder, evangelist, strategist and mentor," having "created the blueprint for what is possible on the Internet.

received a $2 million investment from Sequoia Capital, Tim Koogle was hired as CEO, and Yang and Filo were each appointed "Chief Yahoo."

[4][11][12] In 1999, Yang was named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.

[15] Eric Jackson, the founder of hedge fund Ironfire Capital, called Yahoo!

provided the Chinese security agencies with the IP addresses of the senders, the recipients and the time of the message.

"[16] Yang justified the action, stating: "To be doing business in China or anywhere else in the world, we have to comply with local law[s]."

for allegedly aiding and abetting the Chinese government which, it was claimed, resulted in torture that included beatings and imprisonment.

[19] In early November 2007, Yang faced questions from a Congressional committee with respect to Yahoo!

Yang stated, "After meeting with the families, it was clear to me what we had to do to make this right for them, for Yahoo, and for the future.

[24] In February 2008, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that she raised issues about jailed Chinese journalists with her Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi; she cited a letter from Jerry Yang requesting her assistance in freeing the jailed dissidents.

[26] On September 2, 2020, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of Chinese activist Ning Xianhua against past Yahoo!

[30] Yang's response to the Microsoft takeover was to make a commercial search advertising arrangement with Google but they ended negotiation after U.S. authorities voiced concerns regarding the effect on competition in the market.

[4] On November 17, 2008, The Wall Street Journal reported Yang would step down as CEO as soon as the company found a replacement.

[4][35][36] AME (pronounced "ah-meh") invests primarily in companies that work with data and has provided funding to more than 50 startups, including Tango, Evernote, Wattpad,[37] Wish,[37] Zoom and Vectra Networks Inc., and Chinese travel site Shijiebang.

"Ame" means "rain" in Japanese, a nod to Yang's interest in cloud computing.

[9] Yamazaki graduated from Stanford University with a degree in industrial engineering and is a director with the Wildlife Conservation Network.

[49] In late 2012 and early 2013, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco exhibited selections from the Chinese calligraphy collection belonging to Yang and his wife.

[50] These selections also appeared at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 2014 exhibition "Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy.

[52] A new pavilion at the museum, funded by Yang and Yamazaki's donation and named in their honor, opened in 2020.

[59] Yang sits on the board of the foundation, described by its organizers as the largest-ever philanthropic effort to support the AAPI community.