Gideon Yu
Born	Seoul, South Korea
Education	Harvard Business School Stanford University University School of Nashville
Occupation	President of the San Francisco 49ers
Spouse	Susie Yu
Children	Jonathan

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

Yu is currently the team president and a co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers football team.^[2] Prior to his career in professional sports management, Yu was a high-technology executive, most notably as the Chief Financial Officer of both Facebook^[3] and YouTube^[4] as well as the Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Yahoo.^[5]

Career[link]

Gideon graduated from Stanford University, majoring in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. In 1989, he received the First Place Grand Award in Environmental Science at the 40th International Science and Engineering Fair.^[6]

Prior to joining the San Francisco 49ers football team, Yu was a General Partner at Khosla Ventures,^[7] where he led the firm's investment in Square and was the founding outside board member (Yu's board seat was later transferred to Vinod Khosla).^[8]

Previously, Gideon was the Chief Financial Officer of Facebook,^[9] where he led the $375 million investment round^[10] from Microsoft and Hong-Kong billionaire Li Ka Shing^[11] at a then record $15 billion valuation.

Before Facebook, Gideon was a Partner at Sequoia Capital,^[12] and was also the Chief Financial Officer at YouTube^[13] where he negotiated^[14] its $1.65 billion sale^[15] to Google amidst a competitive auction for the company.

Prior to YouTube, Gideon was the Treasurer and Senior Vice President of Finance for Yahoo^[16] where he executed over 30 acquisitions/investments for Yahoo, including Alibaba, Taobao, Overture, Inktomi, Flickr, del.icio.us and over $5 billion of capital markets transactions. Prior to Yahoo, Gideon was the Chief Financial Officer of NightFire Software (acquired by NeuStar, NYSE: NSR) and held positions at Disney, Hilton, and DLJ / CSFB.

Philanthropy[link]

Gideon is active philanthropically and serves on the Boards of Directors of the UCSF Medical Foundation^[17], Tipping Point Community^[18] and BUILD.^[19]

References[link]

External links[link]

• 2011 "Forbes" Names You Need to Know
• The 2010 Silicon Valley 100
• Yu Among Treasury & Risk Magazine’s 40 under 40
• Fortune article on former Google employees

Nicole Lapin
Lapin at Fashion Week, NYC, Feb 2007
Born	Nicole Lapin (1984-03-07) March 7, 1984 (age 28)[1] Los Angeles, California[2]
Nationality	United States
Education	Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Occupation	News anchor
Agent	Creative Artists Agency.[3]
Notable credit(s)	CNN Anchor (May 2006-Jan 2010-October 2011 Present) CNBC Anchor (Jan 2010 - August–October 2011 )

Nicole Miriam Lapin^[4] (born March 7, 1984) is an anchor on CNN Live^[5] who regularly appeared on CNN Headline News, CNN, and CNN International.^[6][7] In January 2010, Lapin joined CNBC in New York as an anchor for Worldwide Exchange, joining CNBC Europe's Ross Westgate in London and CNBC Asia's Christine Tan in Singapore.^[8] She made her debut on that program February 1, 2010. In June 2010, she added the role co-anchoring The Kudlow Report from 7-8pm EST to her CNBC duties. Lapin also serves as a business and finance correspondent for Morning Joe on MSNBC ^[9] and The Today Show on NBC.^[10] In September 2011, Lapin launched her own production company for accessible financial news, called "Nothing But Gold Productions." ^[11]

Life and career[link]

Lapin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the child of a scientist and a former beauty queen.^[2] Her family is Jewish and her mother is a former Miss Israel.^[12] Lapin became interested in journalism while watching coverage of the Gulf War on CNN, which her parents barred her from watching due to "the perceived negativity and carnage."^[13] Lapin got her first broadcast experience when she was in high school and worked as the news anchor for the Public-access television cable TV station.^[5] She studied at Harvard University and Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris ^[14] and graduated as from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, as the valedictorian of her class.^[7][15] Even though she took time off to work professionally, she was still the youngest in her class.^[5]

Lapin began her career as a correspondent at CBS Stations in South Dakota and Kentucky.^[6] She also served as an investigative "I-Team" reporter for KPSP-LP in Palm Springs, California.^[6][16] There, she reported live from San Quentin Prison during the execution of Stanley Williams.^[6] Lapin also worked as a reporter on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for First Business network in Chicago.^[17]

She joined CNN in May 2006, becoming one of the youngest anchors in the network's history.^[7] She has anchored major events like the Virginia Tech massacre, Israel-Hezbollah conflict, and the 2008 Presidential election.^[2] In 2007, she created an interview series at CNN called "Young People Who Rock" where she talks with people under the age of 30 who are doing remarkable things.^[2] In 2009, Lapin reported on location in Los Angeles during Michael Jackson's memorial service.^[18] She also interviewed Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger one-on-one during California's budget crisis.^[19] Currently, she is a CNBC anchor on the only globally aired show.^[20] For CNBC, she interviews CEOs and politicians daily. Lapin reported extensively in-the-field on the fiscal woes of the U.S. States ^[21] with a series called "States of Pain" ^[22] and followed the renaissance of the "Made in America" movement, highlighting its effect on the global economy.^[23]

Lapin also contributes to NBC affiliate stations across the country with business updates, including KNBC in Los Angeles and WNBC in New York. She became the first "crossover" example of the NBCUniversal-Comcast deal by contributing to The Golf Channel's "Morning Drive" program.^[24]

Lapin served an ambassador for the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation, and created a chat series called "Being Smart is Cool" that "educates terminally ill children on global issues".^[13] She currently serves as a "smile ambassador," with Jessica Simpson, for Operation Smile.^[25] Lapin also serves as an ambassador for Points of Light ^[26] and launched a birthday campaign with The United Nation's "Girl Up" initiative.^[27]

Lapin speaks at the Operation Smile Gala in October 2009

Lapin launched her own charity, "Lost Girls," in 2011 to offer young women with career clothing and advice.^[28]

Lapin has been on the cover of PowerGirls Magazine^[29] and Eliza magazine,^[30] both wholesome, positive female magazines.^[31] She is the 2008 recipient of the "Power 30 under 30" award.^[32]

In 2011, she was named a judge for the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival.^[33]

Personal life[link]

Lapin is reportedly single, according to LA Confidential Magazine,^[34] although she has been romantically linked to Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. She was quoted in Men's Health (magazine) saying she looks for manners and life experience in a potential mate.^[35] In 2011, she was named by The New York Observer as New York's #1 Bachelorette.^[36] Recently, she has been linked to GSI Commerce founder and CEO Michael Rubin.^[37]

Lapin has been a vegetarian since she was young and a vegan since 2002.^[38] In 2009, she was named one of the "20 under 30" influential vegans by VegNews Magazine.^[39]

Her looks have been compared to The Duchess of Cambridge.^[40][41]

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