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Blake Jorgensen

Chief Financial Officer

Yahoo!, Incorporated (YHOO)

Industry: Technology

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Effective as of May 14, 2007, the appointment of Blake Jorgensen, age 47, to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Jorgensen will commence employment with the Company on or about June 4, 2007.From January 2002 until joining the Company, Mr. Jorgensen was Co-Director of Investment Banking at Thomas Weisel Partners, an investment bank specializing in the growth sectors of the economy, which he co-founded. From January 2002 until March 2007, Mr. Jorgensen also served as Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Executive Committee of Thomas Weisel Partners. In those capacities, he participated in the management of the administrative, finance, legal, accounting, regulatory and human resource functions of the bank. From October 1998 to January 2002, Mr. Jorgensen served as a Partner and Director of Private Placements at Thomas Weisel Partners. From December 1996 to September 1998, Mr. Jorgensen was a Managing Director and Principal at 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 received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1988 and an A.B. in Economics from Stanford University in 1982.


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