Michael Yang

Michael Yang's Biography

Michael is an entrepreneur who is passionate about developing services that help people. Michael founded mySimon.com in April of 1998, with his partner Yeogirl Yun and served as its CEO. Michael developed the original idea and vision for mySimon and grew the company from 2 employees to 60 employees in less than a year. mySimon was selected by Forbes magazine as one of the Top 20 E-Commerce sites in 2000, and became the largest price comparison shopping site on the internet with over 10 million users. Michael and the team successfully raised $30M in venture capital investment from investors such as Brentwood, Sprout, Intel Capital, Citigroup Venture Capital and Transcomos Corporation. In February of 2000, mySimon was successfully acquired by CNET for $700M.

Previously, Michael held positions at Xerox Corp., Intergraph Corporation, TeleVideo, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and Jazz Multimedia, Inc. Michael has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley, MS degree in Computer Science from Columbia University and MBA degree from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. He has served on the advisory board of the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) at Stanford University. Michael holds a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Interviews with Michael Yang on Marketing Shift

• Michael Yang of Become On MarketWatch
• Become Shopping Search PreLaunch

Marketing Shift Blog Entries about Michael Yang

• Back To School Ad Spend and Become.com
• Become Shopping Comparison Launched - Reviewed
• Behind Become.com's Second Round Of Funding
• In Santa Clara Speaking at Kelsey Group Conference
• Become Completes East Coast Press Tour
• Become's Got Talent
• Become Shopping Search Engine Launch Party Confirmation Letter
• Goin Back To Cali
• Online Directories Need More Consumer Input

Companies Michael Yang has worked at

• Become - Founder, President & CEO