Gideon Yu

The addition of former Facebook and YouTube CFO Gideon Yu to the 49ers’ front office raised eyebrows last year.  Now, the eyeballs under those eyebrows will be popping out a bit. Yu has been promoted to the position of president and co-owner ...  

The Niners made some front office changes today. The team, coming off a 13-3 season, said general manager Trent Baalke had his contract extended to 2016 after one season on the job. Also Gideon Yu was named president of the club. Yu, former ...  

"There are no strings attached, but obviously the deal that was approved by the city of Santa Clara, the term-sheet that we have with the City of Santa Clara, allows for this to be a two-team building. That has not changed. "We have not had any meaningful ...  

York had served as the team's CEO and president this past season, but now it looks like his efforts will be solely focused on his position as CEO. Trent Baalke (left) frequently discusses the team's direction with Jim Harbaugh.  

It’s been a pretty exciting last 12 months for Gideon Yu. And the last 12 months are coming full circle for him too—soon, he’ll be he may be getting back into investing. Yu’s new gig will be at his own fund Yu is considering becoming an advisor to ...  

Ebersman, who was the earlier CFO of Genentech, joined Facebook in 2009 after the controversial departure of Gideon Yu. He is in charge of finance, information technology teams and facilities of the company. Even though all the decision making regarding ...  

Gideon Yu has been successfully working behind the scenes on the 49ers’ new stadium project, and now he has an ownership stake in the team with impending news that stadium could be finished and ready for the 2014 season. In a move that seems aimed at ...  

One of the two new investors is reportedly Gideon Yu, a 49ers executive hwo formerly worked for both Facebook and Yahoo! Kawakami's research also indicates that the other investor might be Mark Wan, who is also a limited partner of the Boston Celtics.  

Gideon Yu, a co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers who previously served as chief financial officer of both YouTube and Facebook, was officially named the team’s president and co-owner Thursday, according to CBSSports.com Rapid Reporter Kyle Bonagura.  

The company had been funded by YouTube co-founder Steve Wu and former YouTube CFO Gideon Yu. "Groupon has been the most effective driver of offline experiences, in addition to being the fastest growing company in history," Campfire Labs wrote on ...  

In all, 12 of those 24 players logged starts for the 49ers in 2011. Jed York announced the news on Twitter, adding that Gideon Yu has also been promoted to president after one season as the team's Chief Strategy Officer. Yu is a 1% owner of the ...  

INDIANAPOLIS -- The San Francisco 49ers made news Thursday by securing $200 million in stadium financing and adding chief strategy officer Gideon Yu to their ownership team. Yu, whose hiring in April 2011 foreshadowed good things for the 49ers ...  

The other investor, pending league approval, is believed to be Gideon Yu, a former Facebook and Yahoo executive who joined the 49ers this year. York and his family, according to a league source, will hold at minimum 85 percent ownership of the ...  

former Facebook and YouTube CFO Gideon Yu, the late Stanford professor Rajeev Motwani and former eBay SVP Michael Dearing–also began talking to people at Groupon around the same time. Although the couple no longer operates the company from ...  

former Facebook and YouTube CFO Gideon Yu, former eBay SVP Michael Dearing, Felicis Ventures founder and MD Aydin Senkut, Splash CEO Michael Powers, Asha Jadeja and Vuclip CEO Nickhil Jakatdar.