Yelp
Local search and review site
Yelp (NYSE: YELP) connects people with great local businesses. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004. Since then, Yelp communities have taken root in major metros across the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, The...Founded in 2004
Employees: 800
Homepage: http://yelp.com
Blog: http://officialblog.yelp.com/
Total money raised: $56M
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San Francisco
USA CA
Updated on Mar 26, 2013
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Max Levchin Chairman, Board of directors
Jeremy Stoppelman Co-founder and CEO
Rob Krolik CFO
Geoff Donaker COO
Vivek Patel Vice President, Business Products
Mike Ghaffary Vice President, Business Development
Michael Stoppelman Vice President, Engineering
Rob Krolik Vice President, Local Sales, Phoenix
Vivek Patel Vice President, Business Products
Mike Ghaffary Vice President, Business Development
Michael Stoppelman Vice President, Engineering
Rob Krolik Vice President, Local Sales, Phoenix
Vince Sollitto VP of Corporate Communic
Jed Nachman VP, Local Sales
Laurence Wilson General Counsel
Peter Fenton Member, Board of Directors
Mike Ghaffary Director of Business Development
Andrea Rubin Vice President, North American Marketing
Eric Singley Vice President, Consumer and Mobile Products
Andrea Rubin Vice President, North American Marketing
Eric Singley Vice President, Consumer and Mobile Products
Jeremy Levine Board Member
Keith Rabois Board of Directors
Ken Struys Web Developer
Miriam Warren Vice President, New Markets
Matt Halprin Vice President, Revenue and Analytics
Miriam Warren Vice President, New Markets
Matt Halprin Vice President, Revenue and Analytics
Past
Russel Simmons Co-founder and CTO
Vlado Herman CFO
Neil Kumar VP of Engineering
Brad Porteus VP, Marketing
Bob Goodson Product Manager, Sales Director
Jeremy Krantz Marketing Consultant
Michelle Broderick Marketing Director
Emile Petrone Account Executive
Jae Kwon iOS Developer
Jason Mueller Product Manager
Nikhil Nirmel Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Brad Porteus VP, Marketing
Amanda Levy Director of Sales / West
Mamoon Hamid Advisor
Kenji Kaneko Senior Account Executive
Kyle Killion Product Manager
Tim Robertson Senior Engineer
October, 2012
Yelp acquired Qype for $50M
Yelp Pays $50M To Acquire Its Big European Rival, Qype, To Beef Up Its Recommendations And Listings Business 
techcrunch.com
March, 2012
Yelp IPO
Stock symbol: NYSE:YELP
February, 2012
Yelp sets terms for $93 mil IPO
Reviews website Yelp sets IPO terms, seeking $93 million 
renaissancecapital.com
November, 2011
Yelp Files For IPO To Raise $100 Million techcrunch.com
July, 2011
Yelp Now Has 20 Million Reviews Under Its Belt techcrunch.com
April, 2011
Yelp Now Drawing 50 Million Users A Month To Its 17 Million Reviews techcrunch.com
May, 2010
Yelp named in Lead411's Hottest San Francisco Companies list
Lead411 launches "Hottest Companies in San Francisco" awards 
lead411.com
Yelp Launches in France 
prnewswire.com
January, 2010
Yelp raised $25M in a Series E round from Elevation Partners
TechCrunch techcrunch.com
February, 2008
Yelp raised $15M in a Series D round from DAG Ventures
User Reviews Site Yelp Raises $15 Million Fourth Round 
paidcontent.org
October, 2006
Yelp raised $10M in a Series C round from Benchmark
http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/04/local-review-site-yelp-raises-10-million-from-benchmark/ 
venturebeat.com
October, 2005
Yelp raised $5M in a Series B round from Bessemer Venture Partners
July, 2004
Yelp was founded on July, 2004
Yelp raised $1M in a Series A round from Max Levchin