Jerry Yang
Overview
The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Jerry Yang, age 38, to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Yang will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective June 18, 2007. Mr. Yang co-created the Yahoo! Internet navigational guide in April 1994 with David Filo. Mr. Yang co-founded the Company with Mr. Filo and has served as a Director and an executive officer of the Company since April 1995. As Chief Yahoo of the Company, Mr. Yang's focus over the years has included corporate strategy, technology vision, strategic business partnerships and international joint ventures, and recruiting key talent. In addition to serving on the Company's Board of Directors, Mr. Yang also currently serves on the boards of Yahoo! Japan, Cisco Systems, Inc. and Alibaba.com Corporation, and is a member of the Stanford University Board of Trustees. Mr. Yang holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University and is currently on a leave of absence from Stanford's electrical engineering Ph.D. program.
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