Gideon Yu

Gideon Yu is the Co-Owner and former President of the San Francisco 49ers. Yu holds the distinction of being the first President of color of any team in the history of the National Football League. While at the 49ers, Yu led the financing and construction of Levi鈥檚 Stadium, and during his tenure, the team appeared in three consecutive NFC Championship games and Super Bowl XLVII.

Previously, Yu was the Chief Financial Officer of both Facebook and YouTube, the first two internet companies to achieve over one billion active users. As a venture capitalist, Yu led the founding investment in Jack Dorsey鈥檚 Square and was its first outside board member. The 2009 initial investment valued Square at $45 million, while today, Square鈥檚 market capitalization is over $65 billion.

Yu was named to the 鈥淓xecutive Dream Team, Startup Edition鈥 by Fortune magazine, and listed among the 鈥淣ames You Need To Know鈥 by Forbes magazine. Yu earned his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and his MBA from Harvard Business School. He is on the Board of Trustees of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the National Leadership Council of the Navy SEAL Foundation.

Yu is an alumnus of the 1989 International Science and Engineering Fair.

He joined the 色色视频 Board of Trustees in 2018.