techco:company:yahoo
Yahoo
雅虎 · Yahoo Inc.
Yahoo is a Sunnyvale-headquartered technology company that operates a web portal, search, mail, news, and finance sites.
Yahoo is an American technology company founded in January 1994 and associated with Co-founder Jerry Yang.1 It operates a web portal, search, mail, news, and finance sites.1 Apollo Global Management owns about 90 percent of the operating company after Verizon sold the internet properties; the original public company is no longer independently listed.
History
Jerry Yang and David Filo started Yahoo in January 1994 as a web directory at Stanford. The portal became a defining 1990s internet company, later passed through Verizon ownership, and now operates under Apollo.1
Inclusion
This firm is included because at least one named founder is ethnic Chinese. It is not a Chinese company. Keep the headquarters country in the first sentence.
Founders
- Jerry Yang — Co-founder
Products
- Yahoo Mail. Consumer webmail and the broader Yahoo portal.
See also
Sources
- Yahoo . Wikipedia. Accessed 2026-09-12.