Yaz Yildiz is the Founder and President of Y16 Holdings. Before founding Y16, Yaz had consulting experience at Bain & Company and product development experience at Dell Technologies. At Dell, Yaz designed multiple products that won Consumer Electronics Show (CES) awards, led teams across continents and authored over 45 granted patents. Yaz holds an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and a BSE with honors in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Yaz lives in Boston with her wife, Roberta, and five-month-old daughter, Lumi. In his free time, he goes for long runs, reads biographies, and learns to play the piano.