Jeff Yass Biography
Jeff Yass was born in Queens in 1958, studied at Binghamton and co-founded SIG in 1987 12.
Full nameJeffrey Steven Yass
NationalityUnited States
Known forCo-founder of Susquehanna International Group; early ByteDance investor
Born in Queens
Jeffrey Steven Yass was born in July 1958 in Queens, New York, and grew up in a middle-class family 15.
Binghamton and NYU
He earned a bachelor's degree at SUNY Binghamton and attended New York University 12.
Poker and options
A keen poker player, he applied the same probability thinking to options trading, and traded his own money before founding SIG 14.
Founding SIG
In 1987 he and five fellow Binghamton students co-founded Susquehanna International Group 1.
Frequently asked questions
In Queens, New York, in July 1958.
SUNY Binghamton, where he earned a bachelor's degree, and he also attended NYU.
In 1987, with five fellow Binghamton students.
Sources✓ Verified 14 Nov 2026
1 Wikipedia, Jeff Yass, 1 Sep 2026, Birth, education
2 Business2Community, Jeff Yass net worth, 1 Jan 1970, Poker
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