Geoff Ralston Explained

Geoff Ralston
Alma Mater:Dartmouth College
Stanford University
INSEAD

Geoff Ralston is the former President of Y Combinator.[1] He was the CEO of La La Media, Inc., developer of Lala, a web browser-based music distribution site. Prior to Lala, Ralston worked for Yahoo!, where he was Vice President of Engineering[2] and Chief Product Officer.[3] In 1997, Ralston created Yahoo! Mail.[4] In 2011 he co-founded Imagine K12, an education technology incubator with Alan Louie and Tim Brady.[5] He joined Y Combinator in January 2012 and transitioned at the end of 2022.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Welcome Home, Garry Tan . 2023-03-10 . Y Combinator . en.
  2. Web site: Apple Buys Music Service Lala - BusinessWeek . www.businessweek.com . 14 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091208034952/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc2009126_110480.htm . 8 December 2009 . dead.
  3. Web site: Web Start-Ups Lure Executives At eBay, Yahoo. Mylene. Mangalindan. August 1, 2006. www.wsj.com.
  4. Web site: Yahoo! Media Relations - Press Release . 2016-02-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070609131745/http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1023.html . 2007-06-09 .
  5. Web site: People - Imagine K12 . 2011-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111025050723/http://www.imaginek12.com/people.html . 2011-10-25 . dead .
  6. Web site: Welcome Home, Garry Tan . 2023-03-10 . Y Combinator . en.
  7. Web site: Good night, Posterous. ycombinator.posterous.com.