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| Vyomesh Joshi | 55 | 7/21/2005
| Director
Director | DEF 14A
4/29/2009 |
Mr. Joshi has served as a member of the Board of Directors since July 2005. Mr. Joshi was elected Executive Vice President of the Imaging and Printing Group at Hewlett-Packard Company ('HP') in 2002 after serving as Vice President since January 2001. Mr. Joshi also served as Chairman of Phogenix Imaging LLC, a joint venture between HP and Eastman Kodak Company, from 2000 until May 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Joshi was Vice President and General Manager of Inkjet Systems. Mr. Joshi holds a Master's degree in electrical engineering from Ohio State University. | | Michael J. Callahan | 40 |
6/30/2001 | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Executive VP/General Counsel/Secretary | DEF 14A
4/29/2009 |
Mr. Callahan became Executive Vice President in April 2007 and has served as General Counsel and Secretary since September 2003. Mr. Callahan served as Senior Vice President from September 2003 to April 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Callahan served as Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary from June 2001 to September 2003 and in various other positions in the Yahoo! legal department from December 1999 to June 2001. Prior to joining Yahoo! in December 1999, Mr. Callahan held positions with Electronics for Imaging Inc. and the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. | | Blake Jorgensen | 49 |
6/4/2007 | Chief Financial Officer
CFO | 8K
5/22/2009 |
Mr. Jorgensen became Chief Financial Officer of Yahoo! in June 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Jorgensen was the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Director of Investment Banking at Thomas Weisel Partners, which he co-founded in 1998. From December 1998 to January 2002, Mr. Jorgensen served as a Partner and Director of Private Placement at Thomas Weisel Partners. From December 1996 to September 1998, Mr. Jorgensen was a Managing Director and Chief of Staff for the CEO and Executive Committee of Montgomery Securities and a Principal in the Corporate Finance Department of Montgomery Securities. Previously, Mr. Jorgensen worked as a management consultant at MAC Group/Gemini Consulting and Marakon Associates. Mr. Jorgensen holds a Bachelor's degree from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. On May 21, 2009, the Company entered into an agreement with Mr. Jorgensen (Separation Agreement) providing for his resignation as Chief Financia | | Eric Hippeau | 57 | 1/31/1996
| Director
Director | DEF 14A
4/29/2009 |
Mr. Hippeau has served as a member of the Board of Directors since January 1996. Mr. Hippeau has been a Managing Partner of SOFTBANK Capital, a technology oriented venture capital firm, since 2000. Before joining SOFTBANK Capital, from 1993 to 2000, Mr. Hippeau served as Chairman and CEO of Ziff-Davis, Inc., an integrated media and marketing services company serving the technology community. Mr. Hippeau joined Ziff-Davis, Inc. in 1989 as Publisher of PC Magazine and held several senior executive positions before becoming Chairman and CEO. Mr. Hippeau also serves as a director of a number of private technology companies and of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. | | Frank J. Biondi, Jr. | 64 | 8/14/2008
| Director
Director | DEF 14A
4/29/2009 |
Mr. Biondi has served as a member of the Board of Directors since August 2008. He has served as Senior Managing Director of WaterView Advisors LLC (formerly Biondi, Reiss Capital Management LLC), an investment adviser to WaterView Partners LLC, a private equity limited partnership focused on media and entertainment, since 1999. From April 1996 to November 1998, Mr. Biondi served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Studios, Inc. From July 1987 to January 1996, Mr. Biondi served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom, Inc. Mr. Biondi is a director of Amgen, Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp., Hasbro, Inc. and Seagate Technology. Mr. Biondi holds a Bachelor's degree from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. | | Carl C. Icahn | 73 | 8/1/2008
| Director
Director | DEF 14A
4/29/2009 |
Mr. Icahn has served as a member of the Board of Directors since August 2008. Since 1984, he has served as chairman of the board and a director of Starfire Holding Corporation ('Starfire'), a privately-held holding company, and chairman of the board and a director of various subsidiaries of Starfire. Since August 2007, through his position as Chief Executive Officer of Icahn Capital LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises L.P. ('Icahn Enterprises'), and certain related entities, Mr. Icahn's principal occupation is managing private investment funds, including Icahn Partners LP, Icahn Partners Master Fund LP, Icahn Partners Master Fund II L.P. and Icahn Partners Master Fund III L.P. Prior to August 2007, Mr. Icahn conducted this occupation through his entities CCI Onshore Corp. and CCI Offshore Corp since September 2004. Since November 1990, Mr. Icahn has been chairman of the board of Icahn Enterprises G. | | John H. Chapple | 55 | 8/14/2008
| Director
Director | DEF 14A
4/29/2009 |
Mr. Chapple has served as a member of the Board of Directors since August 2008. Mr. Chapple has served as President of Hawkeye Investments LLC, a privately-owned equity firm investing primarily in telecommunications and real estate ventures, since October 2006, and has served as Chairman of Syracuse University's Board of Trustees since 2005. Prior to forming Hawkeye, Mr. Chapple served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Nextel Partners and its subsidiaries from August 1998 to June 2006, when the company was purchased by Sprint Communications. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Chapple was the President and Chief Operating Officer for Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment in Vancouver, B.C. From 1988 to 1995, he served as Executive Vice President of Operations for McCaw Cellular Communications and subsequently AT&T Wireless Services following the merger of those companies. Mr. Chapple serves on the Board of Directors of Cbeyond | | Mary Agnes Wilderotter | 54 | 7/26/2007
| Director
Director | DEF 14A
4/29/2009 |
Mrs. Wilderotter has served as a member of the Board of Directors since July 2007. She has served as Chairman of the Board of Frontier Communications Company since December 2005 and as Chief Executive Officer and President and as a director since November 2004. From February 2004 to November 2004, Mrs. Wilderotter was Senior Vice President of World Wide Public Sector at Microsoft Corporation, and from November 2002 to February 2004, she was Microsoft's Senior Vice President, Business Strategy. From 1997 to 2002, she served as President, Chief Executive Officer and director of Wink Communications, Inc., an interactive television technology company. From 1995 to 1997, Mrs. Wilderotter was the Executive Vice President of National Operations and Chief Executive Officer of the Aviation Communications Division in the United States at AT&T Wireless. From 1991 to 1995, Mrs. Wilderotter was Senior Vice President of McCaw Cellular Communications, | | Ronald W. Burkle | 56 | 11/30/2001
| Director
Director | DEF 14A
4/29/2009 |
Mr. Burkle has served as a member of the Board of Directors since November 2001. Mr. Burkle is Managing Partner of The Yucaipa Companies, a private investment firm, which he founded in 1986. Mr. Burkle has served as Chairman of the Board and controlling shareholder of numerous companies including Alliance Entertainment, a distributor of music, movies and game software, Golden State Foods, and supermarket chains Dominick's, Fred Meyer, Ralphs and Food4Less. Mr. Burkle is Co-Chairman of the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA, a trustee of the Carter Center, the National Urban League and AIDS Project Los Angeles and a member of the board of directors of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy. Mr. Burkle also serves as a director of Occidental Petroleum Corp. and KB Home Corporation. | | Aristotle N. Balogh | 45 |
2/6/2008 | Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Products
Chief Technology Officer/Executive VP, Divisional | DEF 14A
4/29/2009 |
Mr. Balogh became Chief Technology Officer of Yahoo! in February 2008 and Executive Vice President of Products in March 2009. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Mr. Balogh held various positions beginning in 1998 at VeriSign, Inc., a provider of Internet infrastructure services, where he was most recently Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Global Product Design. Mr. Balogh holds an M.S.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Science from John Hopkins University. | | Gary L. Wilson | 69 | 11/30/2001
| Director
Director | DEF 14A
4/29/2009 |
Mr. Wilson has served as a member of the Board of Directors since November 2001. Mr. Wilson served as Chairman of the Board of Northwest Airlines Corporation ('Northwest'), the parent of Northwest Airlines, Inc., from April 1997 to May 2007 and as Co-Chairman of the Board of Northwest from 1991 to 1997. He also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Walt Disney Company from 1985 to 1989. Prior to that time, Mr. Wilson served for 11 years in various executive positions at Marriott Corp., including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wilson is a Trustee Emeritus of Duke University, a member of the Board of Overseers of the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, a member of the NCAA Leadership Advisory Board and a member of the Board of Directors of Millennium Promise. Mr. Wilson also serves as a director of CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Mr. Wilson holds a Bachelor&apos | | Arthur H. Kern | 62 | 1/31/1996
| Director
Director | DEF 14A
4/29/2009 |
Mr. Kern has served as a member of the Board of Directors since January 1996. Mr. Kern has been an investor in several media and marketing companies and has served as Chairman of the Board of American Media Management, Inc. since December 1990. Mr. Kern was also co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of American Media, Inc., a group owner of commercial radio stations sold to AMFM (now part of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.) in October 1994. Mr. Kern is a member of the Board of Directors of the UCSF Foundation, the Yale University Development Board and the Prostate Cancer Foundation and is a trustee of the Environmental Defense Fund. Mr. Kern holds a Bachelor's degree from Yale University. | | Edward R. Kozel | 51 | 10/31/2000
| Director
Director | 10K
2/27/2008 |
Mr. Kozel has served as a member of the board of directors since October 2000. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Skyrider, Inc., a developer of a peer-to-peer networking platform, since March 2006. Mr. Kozel was the managing member of Open Range Ventures, a venture capital firm, from January 2000 to December 2006. Between January 2004 and December 2004, Mr. Kozel was a managing director of Integrated Finance Ltd. Between October 2000 and March 2001, Mr. Kozel was the Chief Technology Officer, Service Provider Line of Business of Cisco Systems, Inc. Prior to that time, he was Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Cisco from April 1998 to January 2000, and Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer from January 1996 to April 1998. Mr. Kozel served as a director of Reuters Group PLC from March 2000 to April 2007. Mr. Kozel is currently a director of Network Appliance, Inc. Mr. Kozel holds a B.S. degree in electrical | | Jerry Yang | 40 | 4/30/1995
| Chief Yahoo and Director
Director/Founder/Other Executive Officer | DEF 14A
4/29/2009 |
Mr. Yang, a founder of Yahoo! and Chief Yahoo, has served as a member of the Board of Directors since March 1995. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo! from June 2007 to January 2009. Mr. Yang co-developed Yahoo! in 1994 while he was working towards his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Stanford University. Mr. Yang is a member of the Board of Directors of Alibaba Group Holding Limited and is a trustee of Stanford University. Mr. Yang also serves as a director of Yahoo! Japan Corporation and Cisco Systems, Inc. Mr. Yang holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University. | | Robert A. Kotick | 44 | 3/31/2003
| Director
Director | 8K
7/21/2008 |
Mr. Kotick has been a director of the Company since March 2003. Since February 1991, Mr. Kotick has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Activision, Inc., a publisher of interactive entertainment software products. On July 20, 2008, Mr. Robert A. Kotick notified the Company that he will not to stand for re-election to the Board at the Annual Meeting and tendered his resignation from the Board, effective as of the conclusion of the Annual Meeting. | | Roy J. Bostock | 68 | 5/31/2003
| Chairman of the Board
Director/Chairman of the Board | DEF 14A
4/29/2009 |
Mr. Bostock has served as Chairman of the Board since January 2008 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since May 2003. He has served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Delta Air Lines, Inc. since October 2008, as a principal of Sealedge Investments, LLC, a diversified private investment company, since 2002 and as Chairman of the Board of The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, a not-for-profit corporation creating advertising to reduce the use of illicit drugs in the United States, since October 2002. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Northwest Airlines Corporation, the parent of Northwest Airlines, Inc., from May 2007 until its merger with Delta Air Lines, Inc. in October 2008 and as Chairman of the Board of the Committee for Economic Development, a Washington, D.C.-based public policy group, from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Bostock served as Chairman of the Board of BCom3 Group, Inc., a global advertising agenc | | Susan L. Decker | 44 |
6/30/2000 | President
President | 10K
2/27/2009 |
Susan L. Decker, age 44, to serve as President of the Company. Ms. Decker will assume the role of President of the Company effective June 18, 2007. Ms. Decker previously served the Company as Executive Vice President, Advertiser and Publisher Group since January 2007; Chief Financial Officer from June 2000 until June 2007; Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration from January 2002 to December 2006; and Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration from June 2000 to January 2002. Ms. Decker also serves as a director of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Costco Wholesale Corporation and Intel Corporation. Ms. Decker holds a bachelor of science degree from Tufts University and a master of business administration degree from Harvard Business School. On January 13, 2009, the Company announced that Sue Decker, the President of the Company, has informed the Board that she will resign after remaining for a transition period. Ms. Decker's d |