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Geoff Ralston

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Geoff Ralston
Ralston in 2022
Alma materDartmouth 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" – 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.