Occupation Businessman Name Russel Simmons | Role Business magnate | |
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Alma mater University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (B.S. Computer Science, 1998) Spouse Kimora Lee Simmons (m. 1998–2009) Siblings Joseph Simmons, Daniel Simmons, Jr. Nephews Diggy Simmons, Russell Simmons II, Joseph "JoJo" Simmons Jr. Children Aoki Lee Simmons, Ming Lee Simmons Movies and TV shows Run's House, Def Comedy Jam, Running Russell Simmons, Russell Simmons Presents, Krush Groove Similar People Kimora Lee Simmons, Joseph Simmons, Diggy Simmons, Daniel Simmons - Jr, Rick Rubin |
Russel Simmons is an American businessman. He is co-founder and initial CTO of Yelp, Inc. with Jeremy Stoppelman from July 2004 until he left in June 2010. He is an early employee at PayPal, where he was a Lead Software Architect, and has been described as a member of the PayPal Mafia.

Simmons graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.




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