Russel Simmons
American businessman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russel Simmons is an American businessman. He co-founded Yelp, Inc.[1][2] with Jeremy Stoppelman and served as CTO from July 2004 until he left in June 2010.[2] 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."[3][4] In 2014 he founded Learnirvana.[5]
For the entrepreneur and music executive, see Russell Simmons.
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Born | United States |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
Occupation | Businessman |
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Simmons graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.[6]