19 Facts About Jeff Mallett

Jeffrey Mallett was born on August 7,1964 and is a Canadian entrepreneur and investor.

Jeff Mallett was a standout athlete playing soccer with Gordon Head Soccer Association and baseball with Gordon Head Baseball Association.

Jeff Mallett went on to play for one year at San Francisco State University.

Jeff Mallett attended and played varsity soccer at the University of Victoria, Santa Rosa Jr.

Jeff Mallett was an early employee of Reference Software, a company started by then San Francisco State University professor Don Emery.

Jeff Mallett developed grammar-checking software and was bought by Word Perfect in 1992, where Mallett became head of the global consumer division.

Jeff Mallett spent five years on Premier Gordon Campbell's British Columbia Progress Board.

Jeff Mallett is involved in charity and humanitarian projects and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two daughters.

Jeff Mallett is recognized as an icon of the Internet technology boom that lit up stock markets from the mid-to-late 1990s.

Jeff Mallett helped the company go public in 1996, and during his seven-year tenure, helped build Yahoo into an entertainment and media brands.

Jeff Mallett is an investor and co-director of the Vancouver Whitecaps.

In early 2008, along with close friend NBA MVP Steve Nash, Jeff Mallett became investor and part owner of the Women's Professional Soccer league.

Jeff Mallett is former chairman and an investor of Indochino, which claims to be the world's largest online retailer of custom suits, with a head office in Vancouver, British Columbia and second office in Shanghai, China.

Jeff Mallett has plans to open an additional 20 locations in 2019.

Since September 2007, Jeff Mallett has been a member of the board of directors of Buffalo, New York-based technology firm Synacor, a provider of private-label digital Internet services to North American cable and telecom companies.

Jeff Mallett is an advisor to Steve Nash Enterprises, a portfolio of a dozen ventures that includes Nash's foundation, The Steve Nash Foundation.

Jeff Mallett is the owner of Napa Valley's Vineyard Knolls Golf Club of Napa.

Jeff Mallett is the owner of Napa Valley's Corotto Vineyards in Napa's Carneros district.

Jeff Mallett stays close to his Canadian roots by remaining active with the University of Victoria, including being appointed to the Faculty of Business Board of Advisors and recognized with the first "Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Award" from the business school.