Richard Yoo Explained

Richard Yoo
Birth Place:	Houston, Texas, United States
Occupation:	Retired

Richard Yoo is an American entrepreneur, the co-founder and former CEO of the web hosting company Rackspace, and the founder and former CEO of web hosting company ServerBeach. Richard Yoo was born in Houston, Texas.

Life

Born in Houston, Texas, Yoo graduated from Alief Hastings High School in Houston and attended Trinity University as a pre-med student in San Antonio, Texas.^[1] Although he did not graduate from Trinity, he operates as an advisor to the university's computer science department.^[2]

Cymitar Network Systems was Yoo's first start-up. The small Internet service provider was launched in 1996 and was run out of his garage apartment while attending college.^{[3] [4]} Yoo co-founded Rackspace in 1998^{[5] [6] [7]} and initially operated as its CEO.^[8]

In 2003, Yoo was recognized with San Antonio Business Journal’s Annual 40 Under 40 Award.^[9] The following year, he founded ServerBeach.^{[10] [11]}

Yoo attended a TED conference in California in 2005.^[12]

Yoo is an advisor for Inventables in Chicago, Illinois^[13] and is a mentor for I/O Ventures in San Francisco, California.^[14] Additionally, he operates as a judge in the Rice University Business Plan Competition (RBPC),^[15] was a Chair for the Accessibility Internet Rally for Houston,^[16] and is an advisory board member of the Children's Museum of Houston.^[17]

Yoo spoke at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference.^[18]

Yoo invested in Perceptual Networks located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[19]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Web Server Clustering. 2010-01-21.
2. Web site: Entrepreneur passes over Austin and picks Bayou City as he continues to develop ideas such as Natuba.com. 2010-01-21.
3. Web site: Rackspace. 2010-01-21.
4. Web site: The Big Kahuna Hits the Beach. 2010-01-21.
5. Web site: Rackspace Confirms $400 Million IPO. 2010-01-21.
6. Web site: Next Tech IPO: Rackspace Going Public On NYSE. 2010-01-21.
7. Web site: Cuckoo for Customers. 2010-03-20.
8. Web site: 8 Experts Predict How Web 2.0 Will Evolve In 2009 . 2010-03-20.
9. Web site: Richard Yoo – Rackspace Hosting and ServerBeach. 2010-01-21.
10. Web site: Rackspace Founder Launches New Company Offering Personal Dedicated Servers. 2010-01-21.
11. Web site: Interview with Patrick Condon of Rackspace Managed Hosting. 2010-01-21.
12. Web site: TED Conferences Past TEDs > TED2005 > Feedback . 2010-02-06.
13. Web site: Inventables - Advisors. 2010-01-21.
14. Web site: I/O Ventures Partners. 2010-01-21.
15. http://www.alliance.rice.edu/rbpc.aspx Rice University Business Plan Competition
16. Web site: Houstonist Tech Buzz - 091607. 2010-01-21.
17. Web site: Children's Museum of Houston Board of Directors. 2015-07-14.
18. Web site: Past SXSW Interactive Festival Speakers. 2015-07-14.
19. Web site: HotOrNot Founder Launches Mobile, Social App Perceptual Networks, Raises $1M From First Round, Steve Chen, Max Levchin And Others. 2012-09-28.