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Jeremy Stoppelman
CEO of Yelp.com
San Francisco, California
Overview
Jeremy Stoppelman is an accomplished entrepreneur currently serving as the CEO of Yelp.com. With a background that includes being the VP of Engineering at PayPal and a Software Engineer at Excite@Home, he has successfully invested in numerous companies like Uber and Airbnb, showcasing his expertise in start-ups and entrepreneurship. His educational background includes an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Work Experience
CEO
2004 - Current
Yelp is an online platform that connects people with great local businesses through user-generated reviews and recommendations.
Raised $56,000,000.00 from Elevation Partners.
VP of Engineering
2000 - 2003
Managed a 43 person team (6 managers, 37 engineers) that was responsible for software development at PayPal.
Software Engineer
1999 - 2000
Designed and implemented various website features using Netscape Livewire for @Home's proprietary billing and provisioning system.