The University of Chicago Law School Faculty Podcast

A Fireside Chat with David Sacks '98, Founder and CEO of Yammer


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Professor Todd Henderson leads an engaging discussion with Yammer Founder and CEO, David Sacks.
David has been involved in the Internet space more than 10 years as an entrepreneur, executive and investor, starting with PayPal in 1999. He was PayPal's chief operating officer and product leader, taking the company from startup to IPO and eventual sale to eBay for $1.5 billion. Subsequently, he founded Geni.com, a genealogy website that enables millions of family members to collaboratively build an online family tree. Geni was acquired by MyHeritage in 2012. He also produced and financed the movie "Thank You For Smoking." Also in 2012, David sold Yammer to Microsoft for $1.2 billion.
David holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
This talk was recorded on May 2, 2014.
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