Russel Simmons

American businessman

Russel Simmons is an American businessman. He co-founded Yelp, Inc.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Russel Simmons (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

About

He co-founded Yelp, Inc. 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". In 2014 he founded Learnirvana.

Simmons graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

From Wikipedia’s article on Russel Simmons, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedIllinois Mathematics and Science Academy3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign3

Career

Occupation: businessperson.5

  • Date not recordedFounded Yelp4

Personal life

  • BornUnited States6
  • CitizenshipUnited States7

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