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This is an alphabetical list of corporate directors of Yahoo!, past: Current board members. As of December 19, 2016: Tor Braham (2016) – managing director and global head of technology, mergers and acquisitions at Deutsche Bank Securities; Eric Brandt; David Filo (2014) – co-founder, chief Yahoo and director, Yahoo Inc.! Catherine J. Friedman
Early history (1994–1996) Upon the April 1994 renaming of Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web to Yahoo!, Yang and Filo said that "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle" was a suitable backronym for this name, but they insisted they had selected the name because they liked the word's general definition, as in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth."
Marissa Mayer. Marissa Ann Mayer ( / ˈmaɪ.ər /; born May 30, 1975) [4] is an American business executive and investor who served as president and chief executive officer of Yahoo! from 2012 to 2017. She was a long-time executive, usability leader and key spokesperson for Google (employee No. 20).
Tufts University, Harvard University. Occupation (s) President, Yahoo! Inc. Susan Lynne Decker (born November 17, 1962) is an American businesswoman. She was president of Yahoo! Inc in 2007 and 2008, leading the operations of the company while Jerry Yang was chief executive officer. [1] In 2017, Decker co-founded a social networking platform ...
Yahoo! Appoints Entrepreneur Max Levchin to Board of Directors David Kenny and Brad Smith Step Down from Yahoo! Board SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Yahoo! Inc. (NAS: YHOO) today announced ...
2. Jeffrey Mallett (born August 7, 1964) is a Canadian entrepreneur and investor. He is best known for building internet giant Yahoo!. Described as Yahoo's "wizard behind the curtains pulling all the levers," [1] Mallett manages a portfolio of Internet, sports, entertainment and real estate investments in the United States, Canada, England, and ...
Maynard Webb. Ann Crady Weiss. Gary L. Wilson. Harry Wilson (businessman)
Yahoo! ( / ˈjɑːhuː /, styled yahoo! in its logo) [4] [5] is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and operated by the namesake company Yahoo! Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Management and 10% by Verizon Communications .