About Russel Simmons
Russel Simmons was an American businessperson.
Russel Simmons is an American businessman. He co-founded Yelp, Inc. with Jeremy Stoppelman and served as CTO from July 2004 until he left in June 2010. In 2014 he founded Learnirvana.
Simmons graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
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Russel Simmons was a businessperson.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Russel Simmons. https://biography.guide/russel-simmons/
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