Company: Yahoo! Inc.
Founded: 1995 by David Filo and Jerry Yang
1996 vitals: $19 million in advertising revenues; $35
million public offering
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Number of entries in Yahoo! directory: 600,000 plus
From co-founder Jerry Yang: "This company isn't
really about technology; it's about solving people's basic
needs for efficiency, effectiveness and simplicity. From that
standpoint, we're really like a lot of other
companies.''