Srinija Srinivasan was hired in 1995 as the fifth employee of Yahoo! by founders Jerry Yang and David Filo to "organize the content." [1] [2] Srinivasan left Yahoo! in 2010 while serving as a vice-president and editor-in-chief. [3] Srinivasan co-founded music start-up, Loove. [4]
Early life and education
Srinivasan holds a B.S degree, 1993, from Stanford University in Symbolic Systems. [2] In 2000, Srinivasan became a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and was also a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. [2] In 2010, she was appointed to the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. [2]
Career in technology
Yahoo
Srinivasan was hired in 1995 as the fifth employee of Yahoo! by founders Jerry Yang and David Filo to "organize the content." [1] [2] She left Yahoo! in 2010 while serving as a vice-president and editor-in-chief. [3]
Before coming to Yahoo!, she worked on the Cyc Project, an artificial intelligence project to create a database of human commonsense knowledge.
Public service
In 2010, Srinivasan was appointed by United States President Obama to the United States Commission on Presidential Scholars, a federal program to commemorate the achievement of distinguished graduating high school students. [3]
She was elected to Stanford University's Board of Trustees in 2014. [2]
References
- ^ a b Bhatt, Kamla (February 16, 2009). "At Yahoo, it has been about power of aggregation". Live Mint. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f Sullivan, Kathleen J. (18 March 2014). "Srinija Srinivasan, former executive at Yahoo, elected to Stanford's Board of Trustees". Stanford Report. Stanford University. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ a b c Letzing, John (August 4, 2010). "Yahoo Executive Srinivasan to Leave". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ Goel, Vindu (2016-07-16). "When Yahoo Ruled the Valley: Stories of the Original 'Surfers'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
Srinija Srinivasan was hired in 1995 as the fifth employee of Yahoo! by founders Jerry Yang and David Filo to "organize the content." [1] [2] Srinivasan left Yahoo! in 2010 while serving as a vice-president and editor-in-chief. [3] Srinivasan co-founded music start-up, Loove. [4]
Early life and education
Srinivasan holds a B.S degree, 1993, from Stanford University in Symbolic Systems. [2] In 2000, Srinivasan became a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and was also a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. [2] In 2010, she was appointed to the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. [2]
Career in technology
Yahoo
Srinivasan was hired in 1995 as the fifth employee of Yahoo! by founders Jerry Yang and David Filo to "organize the content." [1] [2] She left Yahoo! in 2010 while serving as a vice-president and editor-in-chief. [3]
Before coming to Yahoo!, she worked on the Cyc Project, an artificial intelligence project to create a database of human commonsense knowledge.
Public service
In 2010, Srinivasan was appointed by United States President Obama to the United States Commission on Presidential Scholars, a federal program to commemorate the achievement of distinguished graduating high school students. [3]
She was elected to Stanford University's Board of Trustees in 2014. [2]
References
- ^ a b Bhatt, Kamla (February 16, 2009). "At Yahoo, it has been about power of aggregation". Live Mint. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f Sullivan, Kathleen J. (18 March 2014). "Srinija Srinivasan, former executive at Yahoo, elected to Stanford's Board of Trustees". Stanford Report. Stanford University. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ a b c Letzing, John (August 4, 2010). "Yahoo Executive Srinivasan to Leave". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ Goel, Vindu (2016-07-16). "When Yahoo Ruled the Valley: Stories of the Original 'Surfers'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-06.