Gideon Yu

Gideon Yu (born 1971) 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. Prior to his career in professional sports management, Yu was a high-technology executive, most notably as the Chief Financial Officer of both Facebook and YouTube as well as the Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Yahoo. 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. Prior to joining the San Francisco 49ers football team, Yu was a General Partner at Khosla Ventures, 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). Previously, Gideon was the Chief Financial...