活水人物誌：專訪投資人 俞寧寧女士 — 從創業人到陪跑者，重新定義影響力
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Hello, I'm
Ning Ning Yu
俞寧寧
VP of R&D, LA & Taiwan R&D · Taboola
Serial Entrepreneur · Tech Leader · Mentor
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Hello, I'm
VP of R&D, LA & Taiwan R&D · Taboola
Serial Entrepreneur · Tech Leader · Mentor
An entrepreneur in the US startup ecosystem, with 7 successful companies — acquired or publicly listed.
Born and raised in Taiwan, Ning Ning Yu (俞寧寧) is a visionary technologist and serial entrepreneur who has spent over two decades building and scaling technology companies in the US and the world. After graduating from the prestigious Taipei First Girls' High School (北一女中), she earned her Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from National Taiwan University (台灣大學) before pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Science at UCLA.
Today, as Vice President of R&D at Taboola (NASDAQ: TBLA), the world's largest content recommendation platform, Ning Ning leads the Los Angeles and Taiwan R&D centers — driving innovation in AI-powered advertising and content discovery that reaches over 600 million daily active users.
Passionate about nurturing the next generation of tech talent, Ning Ning serves as a mentor at AAMA Taipei Cradle Program (AAMA台北搖籃計畫) and has played a pivotal role in establishing Taboola's Taiwan R&D center, creating opportunities for Taiwanese engineers to work on world-class AI systems.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
National Taiwan University (國立臺灣大學)
Taipei First Girls' High School (北一女中)
Taboola (NASDAQ: TBLA)
Leading global R&D operations across Los Angeles and Taiwan. Overseeing AI-driven content recommendation technology serving 600M+ daily users. Spearheaded the establishment of Taboola's Taiwan R&D center — one of the company's 4 global R&D hubs (Tel Aviv, LA, Taipei, Budapest).
Perfect Market, Inc. (Idealab Company)
Led engineering for the programmatic advertising platform that provided content recommendation and monetization for premium publishers. Perfect Market was acquired by Taboola in August 2014.
Accruent
Led product development for the commercial real estate software platform, serving enterprise clients including Starbucks.
Sendia (Acquired by Salesforce.com)
Built a mobile platform company that was acquired by Salesforce.com in 2006.
Multiple Startups
Executive member of multiple technology companies: NetEffect (interactive web systems, acquired by Ask.com/IAC), Thinque (field operations management, acquired by MEI), Vertel (wireless data switching, first in the US), and Retix (global networking standards, publicly listed).
Global networking standards · IPO
First US wireless data switching
Interactive web systems · Acq. by Ask.com/IAC
Field operations management · Acquired
Mobile platform · Acq. by Salesforce
Real estate software · Enterprise clients
Content monetization · Acq. by Taboola
2024 Timmy Awards · Tech In Motion
Named the Best Tech Manager in North America, recognized for personifying leadership, innovation, and positive influence across Taboola.
世界華人工商婦女企管協會 · Global Federation of Chinese Business Women
Awarded by the President of Taiwan, recognizing one of the world's top ten outstanding Chinese business women for excellence in business strategy and corporate culture.
全球玉山科技協會 · 2025–2026
南加州玉山科技協會 · 2020–2021
Led the Southern California chapter and late the Global of the prestigious Taiwanese-American technology association, fostering cross-Pacific tech collaboration.
AAMA台北搖籃計畫
Serving as a mentor to the next generation of Taiwanese entrepreneurs, sharing decades of Silicon Valley startup experience.
Taboola · 2020
Championed the creation of Taboola's Asia-Pacific AI R&D center in Taiwan — one of only 4 global R&D hubs, employing ~40 AI engineers.
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"向十個人籌錢，大概只有一個人會給你，十次中只有一次會成功，百分之九十的時間都在忙著失敗。"
"When you ask ten people for funding, roughly one will say yes. One out of ten attempts will succeed — 90% of the time, you're busy failing."
— Ning Ning Yu 俞寧寧