Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine (Yahoo! Search), Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping, video sharing, and social media website and services. It is one of the largest websites in the United States. Yahoo! inclusive wa... More
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Business

Employees and other personnel:

Person Title From To
  • 2008
  • Jun 2007
  • 1995
  • Apr 1999
  • Jun 2001
  • Jan 1996
  • Apr 1999
  • Nov 2004
  • 2001
  • Jun 18, 2007
  • 2005
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Number of employees:

number date
  • 12,000
  • 2006

Venture Investors:

Investor Investment Round

Revenue:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 7,208,500,000
  • Dec 31, 2008
  • 6,425,700,000
  • Dec 31, 2006
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Operating Income:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 12,960,000
  • Dec 31, 2008
  • 1,481,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2006
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Net profit:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 424,300,000
  • Dec 31, 2008

Cash:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 2,292,300,000
  • Dec 31, 2008

Current Assets:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 4,745,500,000
  • Dec 31, 2008

Total Assets:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 1.36898E+10
  • Dec 31, 2008

Current Liabilities:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 1,705,020,000
  • Dec 31, 2008

Total Liabilities:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 2,438,910,000
  • Dec 31, 2008

Retained Earnings:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 4,848,160,000
  • Dec 31, 2008

Competitive space:

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Website Owner

Websites Owned:

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Software:

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Ranked item

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year
  • 345
  • 2009
  • 353
  • 2008
  • 412
  • 2006
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Organization

Address

Yahoo! Headquarters

YAHOO! INC.
Sunnyvale California 94089
United States of America

Yahoo! Headquarters

701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale California 94089
United States of America

Member of:

Founders:

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Board members:

Person Title From To
  • Oct 2000
  • Chair
  • 2001
  • 2008
  • Chair
  • 2008
  • 1996
  • 2005
  • 2003
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Child:

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Place founded:

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Organizations acquired:

Organization acquired Date
  • Sep 2007
  • Sep 2007
  • Oct 2007
  • 2000
  • 2002
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • Oct 2005
  • Dec 2002
  • Mar 2004
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Leadership:

Person Role Title From To
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Jan 13, 2009
  • Sep 6, 2011
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Jan 9, 2012
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Facts from the Community

From the News events base

News-reports:

Event Url Title Date
  • Wreckage of plane found in Indonesian mountains
  • Jan 3, 2007
  • Ethiopian jets bomb airports in Somalia
  • Jan 1, 2007
  • All 45 on Pakistani plane killed in crash
  • Jul 10, 2006
  • Protesters rally outside Iranian embassy in London
  • Jun 14, 2009
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