Rick Yang leads NEA’s technology investing practice, focusing on fintech, consumer businesses, and AI applications. He joined the firm after Credit Suisse and studied electrical engineering at Stanford. His experience training alongside elite swimmers shaped how he thinks about teams: seek people with different strengths, give them honest feedback, and build the trust needed to keep improving together.
Rick Yang leads NEA’s technology investing practice, focusing on fintech, consumer businesses, and AI applications. He joined the firm after Credit Suisse and studied electrical engineering at Stanford. His experience training alongside elite swimmers shaped how he thinks about teams: seek people with different strengths, give them honest feedback, and build the trust needed to keep improving together.
Career
Rick Yang holds a BS, Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Partner and Head of Technology at NEA until Present