Introduction:
It provides a web portal, search engine Yahoo Search, and related services, including My Yahoo!, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports and its advertising platform, Yahoo!
It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo Inc. , which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Management and 10% by Verizon Communications.
Yahoo was established by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s.
Yahoo is a guide focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the world. In turn, we create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses. Yahoo is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and has offices located throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific (APAC) and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the Company's blog (yahoo.tumblr.com).
Key Facts:
- Parent Company Launch date: January 1994; 28 years ago (1994-01)
- Product Launch: 1994
- Founder: Jerry YangDavid Filo
- Estimated Monthly Visitors: over-1b
- Telephone number:
- Domain name: yahoo.com
- Owner: Yahoo!
- Company Type: SubsidiaryWeb portal and online services
- Country of operation: Worldwide