Gideon Yu

Gideon Yu
Born (1971-05-14) May 14, 1971 (age 53)
Seoul, South Korea
EducationUniversity School of Nashville
Stanford University (BS)
Harvard Business School (MBA)
Occupation(s)Co-owner and Former President of the San Francisco 49ers
SpouseSusie Yu (korean:민혜정)
ChildrenJonathan and Emily

Gideon Lee Yu (born May 14, 1971)[1] is a Korean-American technology, media and sports investor, executive and advisor.

Yu is currently a co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers football team. He was previously the team president.[2] In 2012, Yu became the first president of color in the history of the National Football League.[3] Prior to his career in professional sports management, Yu was a high-technology executive, most notably as the chief financial officer of both Facebook[4] and YouTube[5] as well as the senior vice president and treasurer of Yahoo.[6]

  1. ^ "Free Birthday Database". birthdatabase.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. ^ Kawakami, Tim (26 April 2011). "49ers add former Facebook exec Gideon Yu: Is there more to this?". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  3. ^ NFL scores A for racial hiring. ESPN, October 22, 2013
  4. ^ Facebook Hires Gideon Yu as Chief Financial Officer. Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2007
  5. ^ YouTube Hires Yahoo! Treasurer. TheStreet.com, September 3, 2006
  6. ^ "2005 Annual Report". Shareholder.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.