The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Yahoo Founder Donates $75-Million to Stanford U.; Other New Gifts

Eight institutions have received big gifts:

Jerry Yang, co-founder and a director of the Internet search engine Yahoo, in Sunnyvale, Calif., and his wife, Akiko Yamazaki, have pledged $75-million to Stanford University, in California. The donors asked that $50-million be used build the Environment and Energy Building, which will house the Woods Institute...

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