David Filo - Co-Founder and Chief Yahoo
David Filo, a native of Moss Bluff, La., co-created the Yahoo! Internet navigational guide in April 1994 with Jerry Yang and co-founded Yahoo! Inc. in April 1995. Filo serves as a key technologist, directing the technical operations behind the company's global network of Web properties. He is credited with helping build Yahoo! into the world's most highly trafficked Web site and one of the Internet's most recognized brands. Filo holds a B.S. degree in computer engineering from Tulane University and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He is currently on a leave of absence from Stanford's electrical engineering Ph.D. program.

Terry Semel - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Terry Semel is the chairman and chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc. Semel is focused on providing the strategy and vision that will enable Yahoo! to become the Internet’s leading global consumer and business services company. A globally-respected media and entertainment executive, Semel was named Yahoo!’s chairman and CEO in May 2001. Previously, Semel spent 24 years at Warner Bros., most noted for his role as chairman and co-chief executive officer where he and his partner, Robert Daly, helped build Warner Bros. into one of the world’s largest and most creative media and entertainment enterprises. Like Yahoo!, Warner Bros. reaches billions of worldwide consumers through its vast stable of properties. Semel is credited with building Warner Bros. from a single revenue source generating less than $1 billion to nearly $11 billion total revenues from multiple, diverse businesses in 50 countries. Prior to Warner Bros., Semel was president of Walt Disney’s Theatrical Distribution division and previously was president of CBS’ Theatrical Distribution division. Semel is currently on the Board of Directors of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, Revlon, Inc. and the Guggenheim Museum.

Jeff Mallett - President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
Jeff Mallett joined Yahoo! in 1995 as the executive responsible for establishing, operating and leading Yahoo!'s worldwide organization. As its president and chief operating officer, he is recognized as being instrumental in taking Yahoo! from a start-up to a pre-eminent global Internet communications, commerce, and media company. Prior to Yahoo!, Mallett was vice president and general manager of Novell's worldwide consumer division, responsible for all facets of the business including product development, strategic relations and marketing communications. He founded WordPerfect's consumer division in 1993. Under his direction, the division successfully launched the line in more than 14 countries with retail distribution reaching 8,000 retail outlets worldwide and developed OEM relationships with Hewlett-Packard, AST and Compaq. Before Novell, Mallett was vice president and a founding executive team member of Reference Software, which was acquired by WordPerfect Corp. in 1992. He was also a founder and director of IPT Corp., a private telecommunications company that was acquired by Cable and Wireless in 1987.

Gregory Coleman - Executive Vice President, North American Operations
A seasoned executive with nearly 25 years of media experience, Gregory Coleman is a key member of Yahoo!'s management team and is responsible for driving Yahoo!'s overall business operations in North America. He oversees the sales, marketing and client services organizations, as well as manage all of Yahoo!'s consumer services and programming initiatives. Coleman was most recently senior vice president of Reader's Digest Association and president of U.S. Magazine Publishing. He was responsible for the company's stable of magazine properties, including Reader's Digest, the largest magazine in the United States and in the world. In this role, he oversaw all advertising, circulation, production, customer service, and financial initiatives for the magazine division. Before becoming the president of U.S. Magazines, Coleman served as vice president and worldwide publisher of Reader's Digest, directing business for the 48 editions of Reader's Digest published in 19 languages. Previously, at CBS, Inc., he spent 10 years leading advertising efforts for Woman's Day as vice president and national sales manager. Coleman holds a B.S. degree in business administration from Georgetown University and attended the M.B.A. program at New York University.

Farzad Nazem - Chief Technical Officer and Senior Vice President of Communication Services
Farzad Nazem joined Yahoo! in early 1996 as senior vice president of engineering and surfing and was named chief technical officer in January 1997. He is responsible for overseeing all areas of engineering, including site operations and product development. Nazem has more than 18 years of experience in executive and technical positions. Prior to Yahoo!, he was vice president of Oracle Corporation's Media and Web Server Division. Previously, Nazem held various technical positions for SYDIS, Inc. and Rolm Corporation. He holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State University.

Susan Decker - Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance & Administration
Susan Decker is Yahoo!'s chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance and administration. Prior to joining Yahoo! in June 2000, Decker had been employed by Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) since 1986; most recently, she served as the global head of research where she was instrumental in building DLJ's global business. In her previous role as a publishing and advertising research analyst, she provided coverage to institutional investors and conducted corporate finance work for more than 30 media companies. In January 2000, she was appointed to Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council by the Trustees of the Financial Accounting Federation. She also received the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) in 1989. Decker holds a B.S. degree from Tufts University, with a double major in computer science and economics and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Timothy Brady - Senior Vice President, Network and Commerce Services
Tim Brady oversees production for a number of Yahoo! properties worldwide. As Yahoo!'s third employee, Brady initially played a key role in managing the marketing, operations and business development activities to launch Yahoo! commercially. Prior to joining Yahoo! in 1995, Brady was with Motorola's Semiconductor Division in Tokyo as product marketing manager of the 16-bit microcontroller product line. In this role, he managed the introduction of the product line in Japan, overseeing business development, public relations, and custom product development. Under his direction, the 16-bit microcontroller product line in Japan was built into a $6 million dollar business. Brady holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard.

Jim Brock - Senior Vice President, Major Initiatives
Jim Brock joined Yahoo! in February 2001 as the senior vice president of major initiatives. In this newly-created role, Brock works with the Yahoo! management team to evaluate and drive the company's long-term strategic initiatives. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Brock was a partner with Venture Law Group (VLG), a leading Silicon Valley technology law firm, where he led the firm's Internet practice. At VLG, Brock served as principal outside counsel to Yahoo! from the time of company's founding in 1995. In this capacity, he worked closely with Yahoo!'s management team on its initial public offering and on many subsequent strategic transactions. Brock also provided counsel to pioneering Internet companies, including Hotmail, LinkExchange, Silicon Investor and eToys. In November 1998, Brock co-founded Amicus, a private advisory and investment firm whose portfolio included AvantGo, eGroups, exp.com, On24, Tucows, when.com and Vividence. Brock holds a B.A. degree in economics with honors from Claremont McKenna College and a J.D.degree from the University of Chicago Law School.

David Graves - Senior Vice President, Media and Leisure
David Graves has served as senior vice president of Media and Leisure since January 2001. From December 1994 to January 2001, Graves held various executive positions, most recently as president of Reuters Media Americas, which provides multimedia news and data to newspapers, TV, cable and Internet sites from its parent company Reuters PLC, a leading global information company. Prior to that, from July 1990 to December 1994, Graves served as the founding president of AdValue Media Technologies, a company serving major advertising agencies and television stations which was acquired by Reuters. Prior to 1990, Graves held senior positions at Westinghouse Broadcasting (now CBS), including vice president strategic planning and vice president and general manager of all news KFWB Radio in Los Angeles. Graves holds a B.A. degree from Dartmouth College.

Ellen Siminoff - Senior Vice President, Entertainment and Small Business
A seasoned business executive, Ellen Siminoff is responsible for overseeing and guiding all of Yahoo!'s entertainment and small business initiatives. As the head of these business units, she is responsible for the management and direction of a wide range of Yahoo! properties, including Yahoo! Music, Yahoo! Classifieds and Yahoo! Small Business. Prior to this role, Siminoff lead the company's corporate and business development activities, and was responsible for initiating and negotiating strategic agreements, investments and partnerships. A Yahoo! employee since 1996, she has been instrumental in managing the company's relationships with key partners. Prior to joining Yahoo! in 1996, Siminoff worked at the Los Angeles Times where she helped create and manage both CareerPath.com and LATimes.com. Previously, Siminoff spent almost three years between Eastern Europe and the United States, as a co-founder of EastNet, an emerging market media barter syndicate. Siminoff traveled more than a half million miles in her quest to develop Eastern and Central Europe as a liquid marketplace for trade, and through her company, distributed television programming to these markets. Siminoff holds a B.A. degree in economics from Princeton University and received her M.B.A. from Stanford University.

Jon Sobel - Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
As Yahoo!'s general counsel, Jon Sobel is responsible for the management of the company's legal affairs and the direction of the company's legal strategy, as well as its worldwide public policy and government relations. An attorney for more than a decade, Sobel was promoted to the company's general counsel after serving as the associate general counsel since 1999. In this capacity, he managed a team of legal professionals who were instrumental in handling the company's issues related to litigation, patent protection, compliance and abuse, and public policy. Sobel also played a key role in negotiating many of Yahoo!'s technology deals and strategic alliances. Prior to joining Yahoo! in 1998, Sobel was associate general counsel for Electronics for Imaging Inc. and Chips and Technologies, Inc. From 1990 through 1996, he was a litigation attorney in private practice, representing a wide range of clients from diverse industries. Sobel holds an A.B. degree in public policy with honors from Princeton University and a J.D. degree with honors from the University of Michigan Law School. Sobel has spoken on a number of legal-related topics, including intellectual property, privacy and strategic alliances for organizations such as The Practicing Law Institute and a variety of other continuing legal education programs.

Tim Koogle - Vice Chairman and Director
Tim Koogle (“TK”) was president and CEO of Yahoo! Inc. from 1995 to May 2001 and now holds the vice chairman position on Yahoo!’s Board of Directors. Under his leadership as CEO and chairman, a role he assumed in 1999, he helped build Yahoo! into a leading Internet media company with annual net revenues of more than one billion dollars. During his tenure, BusinessWeek named him one of “The Top 25 Executives of the Year” in 1999 and 2000. Prior to Yahoo!, Koogle was president of Intermec Corporation, where annual sales increased nearly 50 percent to more than $300 million during his three-year leadership. Koogle also served as corporate vice president of Intermec’s parent company, Western Atlas Inc., a multinational information services and technology company with revenues exceeding $2.4 billion annually. Prior to Intermec, Koogle spent nine years with Motorola where he held a number of executive management positions in operations and corporate venture capital. Koogle holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia and M.S. and doctorate degrees in engineering from Stanford University. Koogle has appeared regularly as an industry expert on key business and financially-oriented broadcast programs such as CNBC, CNN/fn, and Fox News. Koogle is also chairman of the board of directors for AIM, the principal worldwide trade association for the automated data collection industry.

Eric Hippeau - Director
A Yahoo! board member since 1996, Eric Hippeau is the president and executive managing director of SOFTBANK International Ventures. In this capacity, he oversees SOFTBANK CORP. efforts to bring Internet products and services to all countries outside of Japan and the United States, managing investments that will exceed $2 billion shortly. Hippeau is also non-executive chairman of the ZDNet, Inc. Board of Directors. Hippeau joined Ziff-Davis in 1989 as Publisher of PC Magazine, was named executive vice president of Ziff-Davis in 1990 and chief operating officer in 1991. During his career at Ziff-Davis, Hippeau established himself as a true visionary, recognizing the trend toward the Internet long before others. Prior to joining Ziff-Davis, Hippeau held a number of positions with IDG, including vice president of computer publications in Latin America and publisher of IDG's InfoWorld magazine. In addition to Yahoo!, Hippeau sits on a number of Boards of Directors, including Global Crossing, Ltd., Asia Global Crossing, Ltd., Electron Economy, odimo.com and Starwood Hotels and Resorts.

Arthur Kern - Director
Arthur Kern has served as a member of the Yahoo!'s Board of Directors since January 1996. Kern is founder and chairman of American Media, which owned and operated commercial AM and FM radio stations in the United States from 1981 to 1994 and now holds interests in select media-related companies. From 1969 to 1986, Kern held a variety of television station sales and general management positions with Westinghouse Broadcasting Company (now CBS). He also serves on the Board of Directors of Digitas, Inc., a global IT professional services firm, and is a member of the World Presidents' Organization and Chief Executives' Organization. Kern is a graduate of Yale University

Edward Kozel - Director
Edward Kozel joined Yahoo!'s board in October 2000. He is a managing partner of Open Range Ventures, a private venture capital firm active in telecommunications, networking, and Internet start-up companies. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Cisco Systems, Inc., where he worked for 11 years in a variety of roles, including chief technology officer and senior vice president of business development. During his tenure at Cisco, he founded the business development group which, under his direction, was responsible for more than 22 technology acquisitions and 25 minority investments. Kozel is an industry innovator who previously worked at Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and SRI International, where he participated in the early design and development of the Internetwork Protocol (IP) model and TCP/IP, packet radio networks and highly distributed information systems. In addition to Yahoo! and Cisco, Kozel serves on the boards of Reuters PLC, TIBCO Software, Narus, and Telegis Networks. He graduated from the University of California, Davis with a degree in electrical engineering.

Michael Moritz - Director
Yahoo!'s first outside director, Michael Moritz, is a partner at Sequoia Capital, the venture capital firm responsible for providing the original financing and organization for companies, including Yahoo!, that account for more than 20 percent of the value of the Nasdaq. He is also a director of Flextronics, Saba Software, Google and WebVan and has also been a director of Agile Software, GlobalCenter, LinkExchange (acquired by Microsoft), Quote.com (acquired by Lycos) and Visigenic (acquired by Inprise). Before joining Sequoia Capital in 1986, Moritz was a founder of Technologic Partners and worked in a variety of positions at Time Warner.