20 Facts About Jeff Yass

Jeffrey Steven Yass was born on July 1958 and is an American billionaire businessman.

Jeff Yass is a registered Libertarian who gives money to conservative super-PACs including Club for Growth Action and the Protect Freedom Political Action Committee.

Jeff Yass is the co-founder and managing director of the Philadelphia-based trading and technology firm Susquehanna International Group and a major investor in TikTok.

In 2002, Jeff Yass joined the executive advisory council of the Cato Institute and now is a member of the executive advisory council.

Jeff Yass donated approximately $100M during the 2024 US election cycle to Republican groups and campaigns.

Jeff Yass was born in 1958 in Queens, New York City, and grew up there in a middle-class Jewish family.

Jeff Yass is the son of Gerald Yass and Gerald's "childhood sweetheart" Sybil.

Gerald Jeff Yass died on January 6,2024, aged 94, in Boca Raton, Florida.

Jeff Yass attended public schools in Queens, graduating from Bayside High School in 1975.

Jeff Yass pursued graduate studies in economics at New York University, but did not graduate.

In 2015, Jeff Yass donated $2.3 million to a super PAC supporting Rand Paul's presidential candidacy.

Jeff Yass donated approximately $100M during the 2024 US election cycle to Republican groups and campaigns, including $6 million in political contributions via the Commonwealth Leaders Fund PAC, supporting Republican Dave Sunday over Democrat Eugene DePasquale in the 2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election.

Also according to Haaretz, Jeff Yass is a major supporter of Israeli right-wing think tanks.

From 2010 to 2022, Jeff Yass contributed $41.7 million to Students First political action committee; Jeff Yass co-founded the PAC, which supports the school choice movement.

In September 2023, The Wall Street Journal reported that Jeff Yass, an investor in TikTok's parent firm ByteDance, is a major donor to US politicians who have opposed restrictions on TikTok.

In 2022, an investigation by ProPublica, based on a review of tax returns it obtained, court documents, and securities filings, found that Jeff Yass engaged in tax avoidance, through Susquehanna trading strategies that "push legal boundaries" to reduce tax liability.

In 2001, Jeff Yass appeared as one of 76 Revolutionary Minds in Philadelphia magazine.

Jeff Yass has supported Save the Children, "Spirit of Golf Foundation", People's Emergency Center Families First building, and the Franklin Institute's Franklin Family Funfest Committee.

Jeff and Janine Yass founded the Yass Prize for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless education, which was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022, the Jeff Yass Prize awarded over $20 million, including a $1 million grand prize to the Arizona Autism Charter Schools for their individualized learning programs.