Geoff Ralston

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Geoff Ralston
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Ralston in 2022
Alma mater Dartmouth College
Stanford University
INSEAD

Geoff Ralston is the former President of Y Combinator. [1] He was the CEO of La La Media, Inc., developer of Lala, a web browser-based music distribution site. Prior to Lala, Ralston worked for Yahoo!, where he was Vice President of Engineering [2] and Chief Product Officer. [3] In 1997, Ralston created Yahoo! Mail. [4] In 2011 he co-founded Imagine K12, an education technology incubator with Alan Louie and Tim Brady. [5] He joined Y Combinator in January 2012 and transitioned at the end of 2022. [6] [7]

References

  1. "Welcome Home, Garry Tan". Y Combinator. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  2. "Apple Buys Music Service Lala - BusinessWeek". www.businessweek.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. Mangalindan, Mylene (August 1, 2006). "Web Start-Ups Lure Executives At eBay, Yahoo". Wall Street Journal via www.wsj.com.
  4. "Yahoo! Media Relations - Press Release". Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  5. "People - Imagine K12". Archived from the original on 2011-10-25. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  6. "Welcome Home, Garry Tan". Y Combinator. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  7. "Good night, Posterous". ycombinator.posterous.com.