Yelp Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 Financial Results
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George, Sharon and Brian bring to our Board extensive experience as business leaders of relevant verticals at a variety of impressive companies and their expertise will be critical as we implement our strategy over the coming years. On behalf of the entire Board, I would like to thank Geoff Donaker, Jeremy Levine and Peter Fenton for their many contributions to Yelp over the years, including preparing for and taking the company public, and growing it to nearly $1 billion in annual revenues today.” “George, Sharon and Brian are experienced business veterans who bring a wealth of practical, hands-on knowledge and skill sets to Yelp, including scaling operations, sales, marketing, product and monetization,” said Jeremy Stoppelman. Previously Mr. Hu spent over 13 years at Salesforce, where he served in multiple roles spanning products, marketing and customer education, and the company grew from generating $20 million to $5 billion in revenue. Mr. Sharples co-founded and served as Chairman and CEO of HomeAway, Inc., a global online marketplace for the vacation rental industry, where he led the companys successful public offering in 2011, and the $3.9 billion acquisition by Expedia in 2015.