Jerry Yang has been a director of Alibaba since September 2014, having previously served on the board from October 2005 to January 2012. Since March 2012 he has been the founding partner of the venture capital firm AME Cloud Ventures. Mr. Yang co-founded Yahoo! Inc., serving as Chief Yahoo! and a board member from 1995 to 2012 and as chief executive officer from June 2007 to January 2009, and has held independent directorships at Cisco Systems, Lenovo Group and currently Workday Inc. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, where he has served on the board of Trustees since October 2017 and was appointed its Chair in July 2021.