Yahoo's deal with Microsoft came after a long saga that included Microsoft trying to buy Yahoo, only for its then CEO and founder Jerry Yang to rebuff what now seems to have been an offer of a lifetime for the firm.
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, with $1.2 billion Mark Zuckerberg, who shot past Google co-founders Larry Page of the Richest Americans. Facebook founder Zuckerberg saw his personal fortune shrink from $17.5 billion to $9.4 billion over a year plagued...
Microsoft and Yahoo announced a 10-year search partnership in July 2009, shortly after Carol Bartz took over as CEO after Jerry Yang. Microsoft is to rebrand its advertising arm as part of a deeper partnership with Yahoo.
Semel also stayed six years, replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang in 2007. But only 18 months later, Yang stepped down to be replaced a few months later by Carol Bartz. She starts her new job as Chief Yahoo first thing Tuesday morning.
The founders of Yahoo, Jerry Yang and Dave Filo, started it by creating “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web,” a directory of cool and useful sites. were chosen by Jerry and Dave, and initially users had no say in the selection or order.
The departure follows the exit of other leading directors at the company including founder Jerry Yang and chairman Roy Bostock. Yahoo's woes continue after it confirmed it will lose the head of its labs unit, Prabhakar Raghavan, to Google.
Yahoo has struggled in recent years to capture its former success, with previous CEO Carol Bartz fired and replaced by ex-PayPal chief Scott Thompson, while founder Jerry Yang has also left the company.
Jerry Yang is leaving Yahoo, the company he co-founded with David Filo in 1995. Yahoo, a website that began as "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web," went public in 1996. Yang's resignation from the Yahoo board of directors and all other...
Andreessen has been suggested for the position by a number of stockholders, but had been hesitant possibly because of his close friendship with Jerry Yang - current CEO and co-founder of Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reported.
While Microsoft, Alibaba, and several purchasing groups ready their figures and hunt for partners, Yahoo's Jerry Yang assures us that a buyout is only option being examined. A bidding war for a potential buy of Yahoo is in the preliminary stages.
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang also discussed Jobs: A visionary and inspiration to millions, his influence was far reaching, as demonstrated by the mourning in the tech world and beyond of a life cut short.
As Yahoo moves closer to what appears to be an inevitable sale, it seems former CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang has 'essentially' taken control of the company, Business Insider reported. Yahoo advisors are readying financial information for potential...
Last year, Filo was 356th on the list with a net worth of $1.15 billion.tie) Jerry Yang, Yahoo co-founder, $1.1 billion. Last year, Yang was 356th on the list with a net worth of $1.15 billion. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rocketed past Google CEO...
Jerry Yang Trying to Buy Yahoo? At an all-hands meeting in Sunnyvale last week, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang said Yahoo is not for sale. Another interesting rumor would see Yang, who owns 3.63 percent of Yahoo, buying Yahoo.
Yahoo co-founders David Filo and Jerry Yang, will continue as Chief Yahoo and will provide counsel to Morse and the council. Bartz, who has been with Yahoo for 30 months, had not turned the company around – the stock price is pretty close to that...
Yahoo Cofounder Jerry Yang Turns Over $40.5 Million In Stock For Sale Or Disposal - Silicon Alley Insider Search Engine Optimization Making Social Search Work Today by Ryan DeShazer Get ahead of the curve with social search by using the tools and...
Jerry Yang (Yahoo co-founder), $1.15 Billion The Forbes 400, the annual list of the richest people in America, was released yesterday, and includes many familiar names in the search and social realm. Here's a quick rundown of who made the list, as...
The Yahoo board, at that time still led by Jerry Yang, declined the offer because they felt "that Microsoft's proposal substantially undervalues Yahoo including our global brand, large worldwide audience, significant recent investments in...
Jerry Yang and David Filo posted about their start: Yahoo was born 15 years ago - seems longer but then internet years are sort of like dog years. The company incorporated March 1, 1995. We've had the unique opportunity to help create an industry...
being the leader in search to former CEO Jerry Yang passing up a Microsoft acquisition offer to an attempted takeover by Carl Icahn. Burkle will leave after nearly a decade of service. Ron Burkle will not seek re-election to Yahoo!
