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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K (this “Amendment”) amends the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (the “2007 Form 10-K”), originally filed on February 27, 2008 (the “Original
Filing”), of Yahoo! Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Yahoo!”, the “Company”, “our”, “we”, or “us”). We are filing
this Amendment to include the information required by Part III and not included in the Original Filing as we will not
file our definitive proxy statement within 120 days of the end of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the Original Filing. The Original Filing
continues to speak as of the date of the Original Filing, and we have not updated the disclosures contained therein to
reflect any events which occurred at a date subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing.
Part III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Executive officers are elected by and serve at the discretion of the board of directors. Set forth below is
information regarding our executive officers as of April 1, 2008.
Name Age Position
Jerry Yang....................... 39 Chief Executive Officer, Chief Yahoo and Director
David Filo....................... 41 Chief Yahoo
Susan L. Decker .................. 45 President
Blake Jorgensen .................. 48 Chief Financial Officer
Aristotle Balogh .................. 44 Chief Technology Officer
Michael J. Callahan ................ 39 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
Michael A. Murray ................ 51 Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief
Accounting Officer
Mr. Yang, a founder of Yahoo! and Chief Yahoo, has served as Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo! since June
2007 and as a member of the board of directors since March 1995. Mr. Yang co-developed Yahoo! in 1994 while he
was working towards his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at 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.
Mr. Filo, a founder of Yahoo! and Chief Yahoo, has served as an officer of Yahoo! since March 1995, and
served as a director of Yahoo! from its founding through February 1996. Mr. Filo reports to our Chief Executive
Officer, Jerry Yang. He is involved in guiding Yahoo!’s vision, is involved in many key aspects of the business at a
strategic and operational level, and is a stalwart of the Company’s employee culture and morale. Mr. Filo co-
developed Yahoo! in 1994 while working towards his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Stanford University, and co-
founded Yahoo! in 1995.
Ms. Decker became President of Yahoo! in June 2007. Prior to that time, Ms. Decker served as Head of
Advertiser and Publisher Group from January 2007 to June 2007 and as Yahoo!’s Chief Financial Officer from June
2000 to June 2007. Ms. Decker served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration from January 2002
to December 2006. Prior to that, Ms. Decker served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration from
June 2000 to January 2002. From August 1986 to May 2000, Ms. Decker held several positions for Donaldson,
Lufkin & Jenrette, including Director of Global Research from 1998 to 2000. Prior to 1998, she was a Publishing &
Advertising Equity Securities Analyst for 12 years. Ms. Decker also serves as a director Berkshire Hathaway, Intel
Corporation and Costco Wholesale Corporation.
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
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