yang, jerry

Tells the story of the development of Yahoo! and the two college men who created the Internet search engine.

Tells the life story of Taiwanese American Jerry Yang, describing his childhood in Taiwan and California, education, creation of the search engine Yahoo with David Filo, and other related topics.

A career biography of Jerry Yang and David Filo, the founders of the Internet portal and search engine Yahoo, discussing the influence of the company on the way the world does business, and including background on the Internet boom of the 1990s.

"In this intimate profile of an unlikely poker champion, the life story of Jerry Yang is laid out-from his difficult Hmong childhood to his success as a professional poker player. Born in the mountains of northern Laos, Jerry spent four and a half years in a Thai refugee camp after his family escaped the Communist forces. He endured horrific living conditions there and watched his family members die at gunpoint, but miraculously escaped and immigrated to the United States. From his first chance encounter with poker to winning the 2007 World Series of Poker, his struggles and achievements are chronicled here. It details Jerry's domination in the sport and how he uses his winnings to give back to the organizations that fed and clothed him during his childhood at the refugee camp. This autobiography is truly inspirational and is a reminder that the American dream is attainable for those with the courage and tenacity to pursue it"--.