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Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is an American public corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, , that provides Internet services worldwide. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, advertising, online mapping , video sharing , and social media websites and services. As of January, 2010, Yahoo held the world's largest market share in online display advertising. JP Morgan put the company’s US market share for display ads at 17%, well ahead of No. 2 Microsoft at 11% and AOL at 7%. Yahoo! was founded by Jerry Yang and David...
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quick facts
Founded:February 1994
Founders:David Filo, Jerry Yang
Headquarters:Sunnyvale, California

Yahoo! founders

David Filo
David Filo
Age:44 (Born: April 20, 1966)
Education:Stanford University School of Engineering, Stanford University, Tulane University

David Filo is an American businessman and the co-founder of Yahoo! with Jerry Yang. Until the company decided to switch to PHP, his Filo Server Program, written in the C programming language, was the server-side scripting software used to dynamically serve variable web pages, called Filo Server...
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Jerry Yang
Jerry Yang
Age:41 (Born: November 6, 1968)

Jerry Yang is a Chinese American entrepreneur and the co-founder, former CEO, and of Yahoo! Inc. Born in Taipei, Taiwan on November 6, 1968, Yang moved to San Jose, California at the age of ten, with his mother and younger brother. His father died when Yang was two. He claimed that despite his...
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Revenue history for Yahoo!

RevenueDate
$7,208,500,000 December 31, 2008
$6,425,700,000 December 31, 2006
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Net income history for Yahoo!

Net IncomeDate
$424,300,000 December 31, 2008
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Headquarters of Yahoo!

Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale
Population:131,140

Sunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. The city is bordered by the San Francisco Bay and portions of San Jose to the north, Moffett Federal Airfield...
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Current Yahoo! board members

Edward Kozel
Edward Kozel
Board member since:October 2000

Kozel is a seasoned technology leader and innovator. As an early employee at Cisco Systems, Kozel helped to grow the company into a multinational...
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Roy J. Bostock
Roy J. Bostock
Board member since:2008

Roy J. Bostock is the Chairman of the Board for Yahoo! Inc. since January 2008. He also serves on the boards of directors of Morgan Stanley and...
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Eric Hippeau
Eric Hippeau
Board member since:1996

Mr. Hippeau has been involved in various capacities with SoftBank Capital’s investing activities since 1995, and joined SoftBank Capital in...
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Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz

Michael Moritz is a British venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California in the Silicon Valley, and a former member of the...
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Divisions of Yahoo!

Division Name
FareChase Inc
Overture Search Services Asia Ltd
Yahoo! Iberia SL
Verdisoft Software Entwicklungs GmbH
LAUNCH Media
Yahoo! Korea Yuhan Hoesa
Yahoo! 390 GmbH
Yahoo! CV LLC
Right Media UK Ltd
Zimbra
Yahoo! Europe International LLC
Yahoo! France SAS
Overture Marketing Services Ltd
Overture Services Australia Pty, Ltd
Inktomi Corporation
Tensa R&D Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Kft
Farechase Israel Ltd
Musicmatch
Yahoo! Software Research & Development (Beijing) Co Ltd
Yahoo! Asia Holdings Limited
Kelkoo srl (Italy)
Yahoo! Vietnam Co Ltd
Kelkoo AB Sweden
Overture Korea Yuhan Hoesa
BlueLithium France
Yahoo! Holdings Ltd
Actionality Inc
Yahoo! Deutschland GmbH
eGroups International (Thailand) Company Limited
Overture Search Services Holdco (Ireland) Limited
Overture SAS
Yahoo! France Holdings SAS
RFS Sports Inc
Whereonearth
Yahoo! Software Development India Private Ltd
Pagebank (Digital Storage) Ltd
Kelkoo Holdings BV (NL)
Yahoo de Mexico SA de CV
Yahoo! Deutschland Services GmbH
Yahoo! Technologies Norway AS
Overture Services Limited
Overture Asia Pac Services K.K.
Zimbra India
Actionality Deutschland GmbH
BlueLithium
Zimbra Software Asia Pacific Private Ltd
Kenet Works AB
Overture Services IP (Cayman) Ltd
Yahoo India Private Ltd
Yahoo! Taiwan Holdings Limited
Overture International Inc
KK Internet SL
Alta Vista Internet Solutions Limited
Where@Risk Ltd
Verdisoft
Yahoo! Taiwan Inc
Whereonearth.com Ltd
Yahoo! Hispanic Americas, LLC
Yahoo! de Argentina SRL
eGroups
Yahoo! Switzerland Server Services Sarl
Kelkoo Deutschland GmbH
Yahoo! Emerging Markets Pty. Ltd
Yahoo! 350 SAS
Yahoo! Southeast Asia PTE Ltd
Overture Services GmbH
Alta Vista Internet Holdings Ltd
Actionality Hong Kong Limited
Yahoo! Communications USA Inc
Yahoo! UK Services Ltd
Yahoo! SEA Holdings LLC
LudiCorp Research & Development Ltd
Yahoo! Europe Limited
Monday Technology Co Ltd
Hotjobs.com
Yahoo! Netherlands Holdings C. V.
Verdisoft Software Vertriebs & Service GmbH
LookSpark Inc
Yahoo! Sarl
Yahoo! Hong Kong Ltd
Kelkoo.com (UK) Ltd
Kelkoo Netherlands BV
Kelkoo AS (Denmark)
Overture Spain SL
Alta Vista Internet Operations Limited
Inktomi Japan KK
Blue Lithium UK Limited
Yahoo! UK Ltd
Yahoo! International Holdings LLC
FoxyTunes Ltd
Elite Taiwan Co Ltd
Yahoo! Italia SRL
Kimo.com (Cayman) Corporation
Yahoo! Ireland Services Limited
JBS Sports, Inc
Yahoo! Israel Research Limited
Overture
Yahoo Web Services India Private Ltd
Kelkoo (AS) Norway
Overture Services SRL
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Companies acquired by Yahoo!

CompanyDate:
Right Media 2007
Zimbra 2007
BlueLithium 2007
eGroups 2000
Overture 2002
del.icio.us 2005
Kelkoo 2004
Upcoming 2005
Flickr 2005
Inktomi Corporation 2002
Musicmatch 2004
LAUNCH Media 2001
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Spansion
Spansion
Revenue: $2,579,300,000
Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks
Revenue: $2,303,600,000
Maxim Integrated Products Inc.
Maxim Integrated Products Inc.
Revenue: $1,646,020,000
Trimble Navigation
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Revenue: $1,329,230,000
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Revenue: $874,920,000
Palm
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Revenue: $735,870,000
Infinera
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Revenue: $519,210,000
Omnivision Technologies
Omnivision Technologies
Revenue: $507,320,000
Atheros
Atheros
Revenue: $472,400,000

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    Who are the Board Members at Yahoo!?
  • A:
    A few Board Members include:
    - Edward Kozel, Board Member
    - Terry Semel, Chairman
    - Roy J. Bostock, Chairman
    - Eric Hippeau, Board Member
    - Michael Moritz, Board Member
    - Robert A Kotick, Board Member
    - Arthur Kern, Board Member
    - Vyomesh Joshi, Board Member
    - Ronald Burkle, Board Member
    - Gary L Wilson, Board Member
  • Q:
    How many people are employed by Yahoo!?
  • A:
    There were 12,000 employees in the year 2006.
  • Q:
    What location is the corporate headquarters of Yahoo!?
  • A:
    The main office is located in Sunnyvale, California.
  • Q:
    During which year was Yahoo! founded?
  • A:
    The company was founded in February, 1994.
  • Q:
    What companies has Yahoo! purchased?
  • A:
    Acquisitions by Yahoo! include Right Media, Zimbra, BlueLithium, eGroups, Overture and del.icio.us.
  • Q:
    Which industries does Yahoo! operate?
  • A:
    The company competes in Internet, Media, Information technology, Computer software, Open-source software, Search and Search engine.
  • Q:
    Which firms invested in Yahoo!?
  • A:
    Yahoo! raised capital from Sequoia Capital.
  • Q:
    Who was the company founder of Yahoo!?
  • A:
    David Filo and Jerry Yang founded the business.
  • Q:
    What is the stock symbol and stock exchange for Yahoo!?
  • A:
    The stock ticker symbol is "YHOO" listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
  • Q:
    What is the marketing slogan for Yahoo!?
  • A:
    Yahoo!'s well known marketing includes: "Do You Yahoo!?"
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