History of Yahoo!

Yahoo! is a popular web portal operated by a company called Yahoo! Inc .. Yahoo! Such was initially bookmarks (instructions page), the idea originated in April 1994, in which time two Stanford University graduates had a holiday when their professors go out of town for a big vacation.

Engineering students David Filo and Jerry Yang had some work to do but surf the internet. They did not take long to compile a huge list of bookmarks, grouped by subject.

Then they thought, why not putting on the web? They then worked to create a database program to handle it, which can give results online.

In March 1995, Yahoo had a business partnership with the owners institution Silicon Valley Venture Capital. Then, they collaborate with Sequa Capital, a company that has a reputation in the field of investments, including Apple Computer, Atari, Oracle, and Cisco Systems. They agreed to fund Yahoo with an initial investment of close to $ 2 million. Since the realization of the new company they have the potential of rapid growth, Jerry Yang and David began to build a management team. They recruited a veteran of Motorola and Stanford Engineering alumni named Tim Koogle as chief executive officer and a founder Jeff Mallet Novell's Division of Consumer WordPerpectsebagai chief operating officer. They managed to save the second funding cycle in 1995 from investors Reuters Ltd.. and Softbank. Yahoo! very successful publicly launched in April 1996 with a total of 49 employees. Currently, Yahoo! Inc. has become a leader of global communications via the Internet, commercial, and media companies that have become brand service network of more than 232 million individuals each month in cyberspace. As the first online navigation that guides the web, www.yahoo.com is the leader guides the context of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is the first global Internet brand that reaches the largest audience in cyberspace. The Company is also developing an online business with a company that services productivity and web design for clients. Design services included in the cooperation. Yahoo!, A customized solution for companies; audio and video streaming; store hosting and management and website services and equipment. A global network of web companies, including the 25 world properties. With headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, Yahoo! has also has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, Canada, and the United States.