Yahoo co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang has resigned from the Sunnyvale Internet company's board of directors, Yahoo announced Jan. 17. Yang founded Yahoo in 1995 with David Filo, and the company soon became one of the greatest success stories in the early days of the Internet. Yahoo started off as a web portal with a web directory providing an extensive range of products and services for online activities. It is now one of the leading internet brands and, due to partnerships with telecommunications firms, has the most trafficked network on the internet. In 1999, Yang was named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the Asian Pacific Fund, and Cisco, and is also on the Stanford University Board of Trustees.
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FORD AND YAHOO EXECUTIVES POSE WITH FORD PAINTED IN YAHOO SCHEME.
Yahoo! co-founders Jerry Yang (C) and David Filo (R) pose with chief executive Terry Semel
Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs shakes hands with Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. co-founders Jerry Yang and David Filo celebrate the launch of the new Yahoo! Mail in Sunnyvale California
In this Jan. 7, 2008 file photo of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang gestures in the Yahoo booth after he gave his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas
Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!, speaks during an HP Innovation Summit, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, in New York. The HP Photosmart eStation All-in-One printer offers one-touch access to customized content from Yahoo!, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Weather direct from the display.
Jerry Yang, Yahoo CEO and co-founder speaks at a keynote address at the CES in Las Vegas
Yang, CEO and co-founder of Yahoo!, gestures as he addresses a conference in central London.
Yang, CEO and co-founder of Yahoo!, gestures as he addresses a conference in central London.
Co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. Jerry Yang applauds during the announcement of a commitment pledge at the Clinton Gala Awards
In this Nov. 26, 2011 photo, Yahoo co-founders Jerry Yang, right, and David Filo, left, at an NCAA college football game in Palo Alto, Calif.
In this Nov. 26, 2011 file photo, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang takes pictures at an NCAA college football game in Stanford, Calif
Yahoo! announced Tuesday that co-founder Jerry Yang, pictured in 2008, has resigned from the board of directors and all of his other positions with the Internet company. Yang announced Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, that he is leaving Yahoo. He has been on Yahoo's board since the company's 1995 inception.
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