Jeremy Stoppelman co-founded and serves as CEO and board member of Yelp. He is an advisor at Minted. He founded Yelp in 2004 with Russell Simmons, a former PayPal colleague. Jeremy continues to shape the company's vision and experience, personally overseeing product development and other aspects of the business. Prior to creating Yelp, Jeremy completed his freshman year at Harvard Business School, but dropped out after founding the company. Before attending business school, Jeremy was vice president of engineering at PayPal. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Illinois. He also works as an advisor at Pinterest. He is an angel investor.