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Richard Yoo

Founder

Founder at Datapipe

Houston, Texas, United States

FoundedDatapipe

About

Richard Yoo is the founder and former CEO of Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), a web hosting company whose clients include Sony Music, GE, Hilton Hotels, Delta Airlines, Virgin, and Miller Brewing. He also founded ServerBeach (TSE: PIX), a self-managed server hosting company, and currently operates the startup incubator Hush Labs while advising companies including Inventables and Natuba. Yoo serves on the Trinity University Computer Science Advisory Board and received the San Antonio Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Award in 2003.

Founder at Datapipe

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Co-founders at Datapipe

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Experience

  1. Rackspace Managed HostingFounder, "Employee Zero", & Former CEOcurrent1998 β€” presentSan Antonio, Texas Area
  2. Children's Museum of HoustonAdvisory Board Membercurrent2013 β€” presentHouston, Texas Area
  3. InventablesAdvisory Board Member & Investorcurrent2005 β€” presentGreater Chicago Area
  4. Trinity UniversityAdvisory Board Member - Computer Sciencecurrent2003 β€” presentSan Antonio, Texas Area
  5. i/o venturesMentorcurrent2010 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. ServerBeachFounder, "Employee Zero", & Former CEOcurrent2003 β€” present
  7. Hush LabsFoundercurrent2006 β€” present
  8. Mercury - The Orchestra RedefinedBoard Member2016 β€” 2020Houston, Texas Area
  9. NatubaFounder2008 β€” 2018

Skills & more

Technology Evaluation7Entrepreneurship53Venture Capital11Angel Investing16Cloud Computing21Start-ups74Strategic Partnerships33E-commerce17Business Development6Mergers & Acquisitions2Web Development3User Experience4
+12 moreSEMBusiness PlanningSaaSProduct ManagementMarketingBloggingMobile ApplicationsMobile DevicesStrategySEOSalesforce.comSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

Languages English Β· Korean Β· Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Richard Yoo?
Richard Yoo is the founder and former CEO of Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), a web hosting company whose clients include Sony Music, GE, Hilton Hotels, Delta Airlines, Virgin, and Miller Brewing. He also founded ServerBeach (TSE: PIX), a self-managed server hosting company, and currently operates the startup incubator Hush Labs while advising companies including Inventables and Natuba. Yoo serves on the Trinity University Computer Science Advisory Board and received the San Antonio Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Award in 2003.
Where does Richard Yoo work?
Richard Yoo is Founder of Datapipe.
What companies did Richard Yoo found?
Richard Yoo founded Datapipe.
Where did Richard Yoo go to school?
Richard Yoo studied at Trinity University (Pre-med, computer science).

Founder mafias

Trinity University mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Inventables mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

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