Sam Yagan
- January 10, 2024
- Business Executive
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Sam Yagan |
| Occupation | Business Executive |
| Date Of Birth | Apr 10, 1977(1977-04-10) |
| Age | 47 |
| Country | United States |
| Horoscope | Aries |
Sam Yagan Biography
| Name | Sam Yagan |
| Birthday | Apr 10 |
| Birth Year | 1977 |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Parents | Al Yagan; Dr. Haifa Yagan |
| Spouse | Jessica Droste Yagan |
Sam Yagan is one of the most popular and richest Business Executive who was born on April 10, 1977 in United States.
In 1999, during his senior year at Harvard, Yagan and two of his classmates, Chris Coyne and Max Krohn, started the online study guide SparkNotes. Christian Rudder joined shortly after the founding. A year later they sold the company to Barnes & Noble for $30 million.
By age 25 Yagan was the president of eDonkey (founded in 2002), a P2P file- sharing network. As the developer of eDonkey, Yagan testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing a need for balance between innovation and intellectual property.
Sam Yagan Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Business Executive |
| House | Living in own house. |
Sam Yagan is one of the richest Business Executive from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sam Yagan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Sam Yagan (born April 10, 1977) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of OkCupid. In 2013, he was named to TIME Magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’ list. He is the Vice-Chairman of the e-dating site Match.com.
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In April 2013, Yagan was listed as one of TIME Magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’.
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Evan Ranked on the list of most popular Business Executive. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Sam Yagan celebrates birthday on April 10 of every year.
The son of Syrian immigrants, Al and Dr. Haifa Yagan, Sam was instilled with an entrepreneurial spirit at a young age. He grew up in Bourbonnais, Illinois, and studied at the Illinois Math and Science Academy and eventually Harvard University. Yagan holds a bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Harvard University and an MBA from Stanford University, where he earned distinction as a Siebel Scholar, an Arjay Miller Scholar, and the Henry Ford Scholar, the award granted to each class’s valedictorian. His brother Danny Yagan is an economics professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His wife Jessica Droste Yagan is the CEO of Impact Engine, an impact investing fund.
Top Facts about Sam Yagan
- Co-founder of OkCupid and SparkNotes.
- Former CEO of Match Group.
- Net worth estimated at $300 million.
- Graduated from Harvard University in 1999.
- Named one of Time’s 100 most influential people in 2013.
- Currently serves as CEO of ShopRunner.
- Invested in several startups, including Shiftgig and Excelerate Labs.
- Married to Jessica Droste Yagan, founder of Impact Engine.
- Donated $1 million to the ACLU in 2017.
- Advocates for diversity and inclusion in tech industry.