COMPANY

Founded January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo as Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web. Renamed Yahoo! two months later, an acronym for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle. Incorporated in 1995.

Official Website:
http://www.yahoo.com/

Industry:
Media

Ticker:
NASDAQ:YHOO

Corporate headquarters:
Sunnyvale, CA

Sales:
$5.3B (2005)

Employees:
9800

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Aristotle Balogh	Business	c. 1964		CTO of Yahoo!
Carol Bartz	Business	29-Aug-1948		CEO of Yahoo, 2009-11
Susan Decker	Business	c. 1963		President of Yahoo
Cambria W. Dunaway	Business	c. 1962		EVP at Nintendo of America
David Filo	Business	20-Apr-1966		Co-Founder of Yahoo
Seth Godin	Business	10-Jul-1960		Tribes
Paul Graham	Computer Programmer	13-Nov-1964		Y Combinator
Blake Jorgensen	Business	c. 1960		CFO of Yahoo
David Karp	Business	6-Jul-1986		Tumblr
Timothy Koogle	Business	5-Jul-1951		CEO of Yahoo, 1995-2001
Marissa Mayer	Business	30-May-1975		CEO of Yahoo!
Ted Meisel	Business	c. 1964		CEO of Overture, 2000-03
Susan Mernit	Business	c. 1952		Former VP of Netscape, AOL
Kathleen C. Mitic	Business	c. 1969		Director of Marketing at Facebook
Robert Morris, Jr.	Computer Programmer	8-Nov-1965		Author of 1988 Huge Internet Worm
Dan Rosensweig	Business	c. 1961		COO of Yahoo, 2002-07
Terry Semel	Business	24-Feb-1943		CEO of Yahoo, 2001-07
James Slavet	Business	c. 1970		Greylock Partners
Scott Thompson	Business	13-Nov-1957		CEO of Yahoo!, 2012
Jerry Yang	Business	6-Nov-1968		Co-Founder of Yahoo
Gideon Yu	Business	c. 1971		CFO of Facebook, 2007-09

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Biondi	Business	9-Jan-1945		Former CEO, Viacom, Universal Studios
Patti S. Hart	Business	c. 1956		CEO of Pinnacle Systems, 2004-05
Eric Hippeau	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Ziff-Davis, 1993-2000
Vyomesh Joshi	Business	c. 1956		EVP Imaging & Printing, Hewlett-Packard
Arthur H. Kern	Business	c. 1947		American Media
Robert Kotick	Business	c. 1963		CEO of Activision
Brad Smith	Business	c. 1964		CEO of Intuit
Maynard G. Webb	Business	1955		CEO of LiveOps, Inc.
Gary L. Wilson	Business	c. 1941		Chairman of Northwest Airlines, 1991-2007

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Carol Bartz	Business	29-Aug-1948		CEO of Yahoo, 2009-11
Roy J. Bostock	Business	25-Sep-1940		Chairman of Yahoo, 2008-12
Ronald W. Burkle	Business	c. 1953		Supermarket Billionaire
John Chapple	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Nextel Partners, 1998-2006
David Filo	Business	20-Apr-1966		Co-Founder of Yahoo
Carl Icahn	Business	16-Feb-1936		Billionaire, took over TWA
Timothy Koogle	Business	5-Jul-1951		CEO of Yahoo, 1995-2001
Edward Kozel	Business	14-Jun-1955		Former Cisco executive
Daniel S. Loeb	Business	c. 1962		Third Point LLC
Michael Moritz	Business	12-Sep-1954		Partner, Sequoia Capital
Terry Semel	Business	24-Feb-1943		CEO of Yahoo, 2001-07
Scott Thompson	Business	13-Nov-1957		CEO of Yahoo!, 2012
Maggie Wilderotter	Business	9-Feb-1955		CEO of Citizens Communications
Jerry Yang	Business	6-Nov-1968		Co-Founder of Yahoo

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stewart Butterfield	Business	1973		Co-Founder of Flickr
Caterina Fake	Designer	c. 1969		Co-Founder of Flickr
Rasmus Lerdorf	Computer Programmer	22-Nov-1968		Creator of PHP programming language

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Bohnett	Business	2-Apr-1956		GeoCities cofounder

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gray Davis	Politician	26-Dec-1942		Governor of California, 1999-2003
Howard Dean	Politician	17-Nov-1948		Governor of Vermont, 1991-2003
Al Franken	Politician	21-May-1951		US Senator from Minnesota
Ben Stein	Game Show Host	25-Nov-1944		Host of Win Ben Stein's Money

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