Russel Simmons Explained
Russel Simmons is an American businessman. He co-founded Yelp, Inc.[1] [2] with Jeremy Stoppelman and served as CTO from July 2004 until he left in June 2010. Prior to co-founding Yelp, Simmons was a co-founder of PayPal, where he was a Lead Software Architect, and has been described as a member of the "PayPal Mafia."[3] [4] In 2014 he founded Learnirvana.[5]
Simmons graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.[6]
Notes and References
- News: Yelp grows up. Smalera. Paul. April 9, 2010. Fortune. CNN. August 4, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100804135310/http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/04/09/yelp-grows-a-pair/#more-23147. August 4, 2010.
- Web site: Yelp Co-Founder And CTO Russel Simmons Is Out. June 14, 2010. 23 December 2013. TechCrunch. Robin. Wauters.
- Book: Soni, Jimmy . The Founders The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley. . 2022 . Simon & Schuster . 978-1-5011-9725-3 . New York . 1298387920.
- News: The PayPal Mafia: Who are they and where are Silicon Valley's richest group of men now?. Parrish. Charlie. The Daily Telegraph. September 20, 2014. 8 January 2018. 0307-1235.
- Web site: Parrish. Charlie. Meet The PayPal Mafia, The Richest Group Of Men In Silicon Valley. 2021-02-05. Business Insider.
- News: The U. of I. breeding ground. The online review site was founded in 2004 by two U. of I. graduates and former PayPal employees, Jeremy Stoppelman (computer engineering, 1999) and Russel Simmons (computer science, 1998).. Chicago Tribune. April 28, 2012. March 16, 2015.
