David Filo & Jerry Yang - History of Yahoo!

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  • "Jerry and Dave's Guide to the World Wide Web" website created

    "Jerry and Dave's Guide to the World Wide Web" website created

    While studying at Standford together, Filo & Yang created a list of their favorite sites arranged into topics and created a search engine that found sites withthe use of keywords. History of Yahoo!
  • Site name switched to Yahoo!

    Site name switched to Yahoo!

    Renamed the site after the number of links and users grew, Yahoo! stands for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle"

  • yahoo,com domain created

  • Business incorporated

  • Sequoia Capital agrees to fund Yahoo!

    Sequoia Capital agrees to fund Yahoo!

    Sequoia Capital originally invest $2 million
  • Yahoo! Messenger created

    Yahoo! Messenger created

  • Jerry Yang donates $75 to Standford University

    Jerry Yang donates $75 to Standford University

    Money went towards building the "Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building" , a research, teaching and lab building.
  • Jerry Yang steps down as CEO of Yahoo!

    Jerry Yang steps down as CEO of Yahoo!

  • Yahoo! sues Facebook

    Yahoo! sues Facebook

    Yahoo! filed a patent lawsuit against Facebook for over 10 patents; Facebook counter sues
  • Marissa Mayer takes over as CEO

    Marissa Mayer takes over as CEO

    Former Google executive Mayer replaces Rick Levinsohn as CEO, becoming the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company