# clm_4FEB868E1C1A

subject: Yelp (/record/yelp.md)  
predicate: founder  
value: Russel Simmons  
valid_from: undated  
valid_to: null  
published: no source on record carries a date  
recorded: 2026-11-02  
confidence: 0.60  
status: unverified  
assertable: false (unverified: Unverified: one source that is not primary, or a primary source below confidence 0.7. Asserted once a primary source or a second independent domain confirms it.)  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-02  
checked: 2026-11-02 · its source page states the value and the date  

> CS Alumnus Russel Simmons and ECE Alumnus Jeremy Stoppelman are the founders of Yelp, a unique Web site where you’re the critic.

What https://ece.illinois.edu/news/2453 says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://ece.illinois.edu/news/2453 (secondary, ece.illinois.edu)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2299611 (secondary, Wikidata)

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