Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns
January 18th, 2012 - 6:08 am ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )San Francisco, Jan 19 (IANS) Yahoo’s co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned from its Board of Directors and all other positions with the company, it was announced Tuesday.
The 43-year-old Yang also resigned from the Boards of Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba Group Holding limited, Xinhua quoted the company as stating in a press release.
Having founded the online company in 1995 with David Filo, Yang was Yahoo’s chief executive from June 2007 until January 2009.
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