# Geoffrey Y. Yang
Geoffrey Y. Yang is an American venture capitalist, a founding partner and managing director of Redpoint Ventures since 1999, known for investing in media, internet, and infrastructure companies and for his board service at [Warner Bros. Discovery](https://www.edgepedia.org/warner-bros-discovery) and [Franklin Resources](https://www.edgepedia.org/franklin-templeton-investments).[1](https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang) He entered venture capital in 1987 as a general partner at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and co-founded Redpoint twelve years later; the US Olympic & Paralympic Foundation credits him with more than 38 years of venture capital experience focused on media, internet, and infrastructure companies.[1](https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang) • [2](https://www.usopc.org/geoff-yang) Alongside his investing career he has served as a director of Franklin Resources since 2011 and of AT&T from 2016 until 2022, when AT&T's WarnerMedia business was combined with Discovery, after which he joined the Warner Bros. Discovery board.[1](https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang)
## Key facts
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Current firm role | Founding Partner and Managing Director, Redpoint Ventures, since 1999[1](https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang) |
| Prior firm | General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners, joined 1987[1](https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang) |
| Education | B.S.E. in engineering, Princeton (1981); M.B.A., Stanford (1985)[3](https://entrepreneurs.princeton.edu/people/geoff-yang-81) |
| Public company boards | Franklin Resources (since 2011); Warner Bros. Discovery; formerly AT&T (2016–2022)[1](https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang) |
| Other ventures | Founder and CEO of Performance Health Sciences (d/b/a Apeiron Life) since April 2018; chairman and founder of Rock the Bells; founder of Sake Ono[1](https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang) • [2](https://www.usopc.org/geoff-yang) |
| Philanthropic role | Chair, US Olympic & Paralympic Foundation Board of Directors, elected June 2023[2](https://www.usopc.org/geoff-yang) |
| Redpoint scale | Manages nearly $6.5 billion[2](https://www.usopc.org/geoff-yang); more than 40 IPOs and more than 60 acquisitions among its portfolio companies[4](https://www.directorsandboards.com/roster_individual/geoffrey-yang/) |
## Education and early career
Yang graduated from Princeton University with a B.S.E. in engineering in 1981 and earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1985.[3](https://entrepreneurs.princeton.edu/people/geoff-yang-81) Princeton's entrepreneurship office states that he joined Institutional Venture Partners as a general partner in 1987, giving him more than 35 years in the industry by the time of that listing.[3](https://entrepreneurs.princeton.edu/people/geoff-yang-81) The sources in the record do not document his activities between Stanford and IVP; any account of pre-1987 employers would rest on unverified directory material and is omitted here.
## Career: the IVP lineage and Redpoint
Yang spent twelve years as a general partner at IVP before leaving to co-found Redpoint Ventures in 1999.[1](https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang) Redpoint is described in Warner Bros. Discovery's leadership biography as a global private equity and venture capital firm, and by Princeton as based in [Menlo Park, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/menlo-park-california).[1](https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang) • [3](https://entrepreneurs.princeton.edu/people/geoff-yang-81) The firm manages nearly $6.5 billion and its portfolio has included Netflix, Stripe, Twilio, Fortinet, Snowflake, ThredUp, DraftKings, Sonos, SentinelOne, and [HashiCorp](https://www.edgepedia.org/hashicorp).[2](https://www.usopc.org/geoff-yang) Directors & Boards, a governance publication, reports that Redpoint has supported more than 40 IPOs and more than 60 acquisitions of consumer media, internet, and infrastructure companies.[4](https://www.directorsandboards.com/roster_individual/geoffrey-yang/)
The record does not attribute specific deals to Yang personally. The portfolio companies above are credited to Redpoint as a firm, not to Yang as the responsible investor, and the sources retrieved do not break down which partners led which investments. What is documented is his sector focus: the USOPC describes him as having played a key role in launching and advising companies in media, internet, and infrastructure.[2](https://www.usopc.org/geoff-yang)
## Boards and public positions
Yang's public-company board record is well documented. He has been a director of Franklin Resources since 2011.[1](https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang) He joined the AT&T board in 2016 and served until 2022, when AT&T's WarnerMedia business was combined with Discovery; he then became a director of the combined Warner Bros. Discovery company.[1](https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang) Princeton also lists him as a director of Liberty Media Acquisition Corp.[3](https://entrepreneurs.princeton.edu/people/geoff-yang-81)
His private-company and founder roles include Performance Health Sciences (d/b/a Apeiron Life), which he founded in April 2018 and where he serves as chief executive officer and director; Rock the Bells, where he is chairman and founder; and Sake Ono, which he founded.[1](https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang) • [2](https://www.usopc.org/geoff-yang) Princeton's listing adds Esquel Group, Scribd, and Tastemade to his private-company boards.[3](https://entrepreneurs.princeton.edu/people/geoff-yang-81) He holds advisory roles with McLaren Racing, Princeton University, the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation, and Workday.[2](https://www.usopc.org/geoff-yang)
## Sports governance and the USOPF
Yang's most prominent post-2023 role is in Olympic and Paralympic philanthropy. He served as a director of the US Olympic & Paralympic Foundation until 2022 and as its vice chair from 2017 to 2022, and in June 2023 he was elected chair of the USOPF Board of Directors.[2](https://www.usopc.org/geoff-yang) The foundation credits him with a pivotal role in establishing the USOPF Technology & Innovation Fund in 2015, and he has served as an officer and Executive Committee member of both the [United States Golf Association](https://www.edgepedia.org/united-states-golf-association) and the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Foundation.[2](https://www.usopc.org/geoff-yang)
## Recent developments
Three developments stand out in the record. First, the USOPF chairmanship, elected in June 2023, is his most visible new public role.[2](https://www.usopc.org/geoff-yang) Second, his Warner Bros. Discovery board service was current as of mid-2026, though sources differed on his term's expiry: the WBD leadership page stated his term would expire at the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders, while a WBD filing dated July 20, 2026, recorded by Equilar, stated his term would expire at the 2026 annual meeting.[1](https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang) • [5](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/geoffrey-yang-redpoint-ventures/6863) This article reports both statements without resolving them. Third, the sources do not document new Redpoint investments, fund closes, or public statements by Yang after 2023.
## References
1. Geoffrey Y. Yang | Warner Bros. Discovery — https://www.wbd.com/leadership/geoffrey-y-yang
2. Geoff Yang | USOPC — https://www.usopc.org/geoff-yang
3. Geoff Yang '81 | Princeton University New Ventures — https://entrepreneurs.princeton.edu/people/geoff-yang-81
4. Geoffrey Yang - Directors & Boards — https://www.directorsandboards.com/roster_individual/geoffrey-yang/
5. Geoffrey Y. Yang - Equilar ExecAtlas — https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/geoffrey-yang-redpoint-ventures/6863
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*Topic: Encyclopedia › Society and history › Economics and business › Founders, operators, and investors › Venture and growth investors › United States venture since 1985 › Multi-stage firm partners*
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