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was a Managing Director and Chief of Staff for the CEO and Executive Committee of Montgomery Securities and a
Principal in 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 holds a
Bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Mr. Balogh became Chief Technology Officer of Yahoo! in February 2008. Prior to joining Yahoo!,
Mr. Balogh held various positions beginning in 1998 at VeriSign, Inc., a provider of Internet infrastructure
services, where he was most recently Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Global
Product Design. Mr. Balogh holds an M.S.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a B.S. in Electrical and
Computer Science from John Hopkins University.
Mr. Callahan became Executive Vice President in April 2007 and has served as General Counsel and
Secretary since September 2003. Mr. Callahan served as Senior Vice President from September 2003 to April 2007.
Prior to that, Mr. Callahan served as Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary from June 2001 to September
2003 and in various other positions in the Yahoo! legal department from December 1999 to June 2001. Prior to
joining Yahoo!, Mr. Callahan held positions with Electronics for Imaging Inc. and the law firm of Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Mr. Murray has served as Senior Vice President, Finance since October 2004 and Chief Accounting Officer
since December 2004. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Mr. Murray held several positions with Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
including Vice President, Global Financial Services and Treasurer from July 2002, Treasurer from July 2001 to June
2002 and Vice President Finance, Sun Services from April 1998 to July 2001.
OUR DIRECTORS
The names of our directors, their ages as of April 1, 2008 and certain other information about them are set forth
below:
Name Age Position
Jerry Yang....................... 39 Chief Executive Officer, Chief Yahoo and Director
Roy J. Bostock
(1)(3)
................ 67 Chairman of the Board
Ronald W. Burkle
(1)(4)
.............. 55 Director
Eric Hippeau
(4)
................... 56 Director
Vyomesh Joshi
(2)(4)
................ 54 Director
Arthur H. Kern
(1)(3)
................ 61 Director
Robert A. Kotick
(3)
................ 45 Director
Edward R. Kozel
(4)
................ 52 Director
Mary Agnes Wilderotter
(2)
........... 53 Director
Gary L. Wilson
(2)
................. 68 Director
(1)
Member of the Compensation Committee
(2)
Member of the Audit Committee
(3)
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
(4)
Member of the Transactions Committee
Each of the directors listed above, except for Mrs. Wilderotter who joined the Board in July 2007, was elected
to be a director for a one-year term at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders held on June 12, 2007. There
are no family relationships among any of the directors or executive officers of the Company. Our board of directors
has affirmatively determined that each of Messrs. Bostock, Burkle, Hippeau, Joshi, Kern, Kotick, Kozel and Wilson
and Mrs. Wilderotter is an independent director (“Independent Director”) under the rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) and the
Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.
Mr. Yang’s biography is set forth under the heading “Our Executive Officers.”
Mr. Bostock has served as Chairman of the Board since January 2008 and as a member of the board of directors
since May 2003. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Northwest Airlines Corporation, the parent of
Northwest Airlines, Inc. since May 2007 and has served as Chairman of the Board of the Partnership for a Drug Free
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