<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yahoo! Inc. (2017–present)</span>

Yahoo! Inc. (2017–present)

<p><b>Yahoo! Inc.</b> is an American multinational technology company that focuses on media and online business. It is the second and current incarnation of the company, after <a href="/en/Verizon_Communications" title="Verizon Communications" class="wl">Verizon Communications</a> acquired the core assets of its predecessor and merged them with <a href="/en/AOL" title="AOL" class="wl">AOL</a> in 2017.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Lunden15_6-0"><a href="#cite_note-Lunden15-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[6]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Snider15_7-0"><a href="#cite_note-Snider15-7" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[7]</span></a></span> The resulting subsidiary entity was briefly called <b>Oath Inc</b>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-variety-magazine1_4-1"><a href="#cite_note-variety-magazine1-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="#cite_note-8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[8]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="#cite_note-9" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[9]</span></a></span> In December 2018, Verizon announced it would <a href="/en/Write-off#Write-down" title="Write-off" class="wl">write down</a> the combined value of its purchases of AOL and Yahoo! by $4.6 billion, roughly half;<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Writedown_10-0"><a href="#cite_note-Writedown-10" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[10]</span></a></span> the company would be renamed <b>Verizon Media</b> the following month in January 2019.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-oathtoverizonmedia_11-0"><a href="#cite_note-oathtoverizonmedia-11" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[11]</span></a></span></p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">American technology company</div>
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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Formerly, Type, Industry, Predecessors, Found...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Yahoo! Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Yahoo!_(2019).svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Yahoo!_(2019).svg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Yahoo%21_%282019%29.svg/220px-Yahoo%21_%282019%29.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="277" data-file-type="drawing" height="61" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Yahoo%21_%282019%29.svg/330px-Yahoo%21_%282019%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Yahoo%21_%282019%29.svg/440px-Yahoo%21_%282019%29.svg.png 2x" alt="Yahoo%21_%282019%29.svg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span><a href="/en/File:AOL_770.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:AOL_770.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/AOL_770.jpg/250px-AOL_770.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="2477" data-file-height="3716" data-file-type="bitmap" height="375" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/AOL_770.jpg/375px-AOL_770.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/AOL_770.jpg/500px-AOL_770.jpg 2x" alt="AOL_770.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Yahoo! Inc. headquarters, <a href="/en/770_Broadway" title="770 Broadway" class="wl">770 Broadway</a>,<br>New York City</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li>Oath Inc.<br><span style="font-size:85%;">(2017–2019)</span></li>
<li>Verizon Media<br><span style="font-size:85%;">(2019–2021)</span></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/en/Privately_held_company" title="Privately held company" class="wl">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/Internet" title="Internet" class="wl">Internet</a></li><li><a href="/en/Media_(communication)" title="Media (communication)" class="wl">Media</a></li><li><a href="/en/Technology" title="Technology" class="wl">Technology</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Predecessors</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/Yahoo!_Inc._(1995–2017)" title="Yahoo! Inc. (1995–2017)" class="wl">Yahoo! Inc. (1995–2017)</a></li><li><a href="/en/AOL" title="AOL" class="wl">AOL</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li>June<span>&nbsp;</span>13, 2017<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>5 years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2017-06-13</span>)</span> (as Oath)</li>
<li>January<span>&nbsp;</span>8, 2019<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>4 years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2019-01-08</span>)</span> (as Verizon Media)</li>
<li>September<span>&nbsp;</span>1, 2021<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>19 months ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2021-09-01</span>)</span> (as Yahoo!)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/en/New_York_City" title="New York City" class="wl">New York City</a>, New York, U.S.</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/en/Jim_Lanzone" title="Jim Lanzone" class="wl">Jim Lanzone</a> (<a href="/en/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer" class="wl">CEO</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Brands</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/AOL" title="AOL" class="wl">AOL</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Yahoo!" title="Yahoo!" class="wl">Yahoo!</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Netscape" title="Netscape" class="wl">Netscape</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/TechCrunch" title="TechCrunch" class="wl">TechCrunch</a></li>
<li><i><a href="/en/Engadget" title="Engadget" class="wl">Engadget</a></i></li>
<li><a href="/en/Built_by_Girls" title="Built by Girls" class="wl">Built by Girls</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Rivals.com" title="Rivals.com" class="wl">Rivals</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Services</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/Digital_media" title="Digital media" class="wl">Digital media</a></li><li><a href="/en/Software" title="Software" class="wl">Software</a></li><li><a href="/en/Online_advertising" title="Online advertising" class="wl">Online advertising</a></li><li><a href="/en/Online_services" title="Online services" class="mw-redirect wl">Online services</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><span><span><img loading="lazy"alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" data-file-type="drawing" height="11" width="11" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x"></span></span> $7.4 billion (2020)<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Owners</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/Apollo_Global_Management" title="Apollo Global Management" class="wl">Apollo Global Management</a> (90%)</li><li><a href="/en/Verizon_Communications" title="Verizon Communications" class="wl">Verizon Communications</a> (10%)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;">10,350<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Employeees_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-Employeees-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span><span>&nbsp;</span>(2019)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/en/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary" class="wl">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/en/Flurry_(company)" title="Flurry (company)" class="wl">Flurry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><span class="nowrap"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://www.yahooinc.com/" class="external text" target="_blank">www<wbr>.yahooinc<wbr>.com</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint"><a href="/en/Q29231846#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy"alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" data-file-type="drawing" height="10" width="10" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x"></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><b>Footnotes<span>&nbsp;</span>/<span> </span>references</b><br><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-variety-magazine1_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-variety-magazine1-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="#cite_note-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<p>On May 3, 2021, Verizon announced that 90 percent of the division would be acquired by American private equity firm <a href="/en/Apollo_Global_Management" title="Apollo Global Management" class="wl">Apollo Global Management</a> for roughly $5 billion, and would simply be known as <b>Yahoo</b>; Verizon would retain a 10 percent stake in the new group.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="#cite_note-12" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[12]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Verizon_2021_deal_13-0"><a href="#cite_note-Verizon_2021_deal-13" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[13]</span></a></span> The acquisition was completed on September 1, 2021.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Aquisition_by_Apollo_complete_14-0"><a href="#cite_note-Aquisition_by_Apollo_complete-14" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[14]</span></a></span></p>



Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational technology company that focuses on media and online business. It is the second and current incarnation of the company, after Verizon Communications acquired the core assets of its predecessor and merged them with AOL in 2017. On May 3, 2021, Verizon announced that 90 percent of the division would be acquired by American private equity firm Apollo Global Management for roughly $5 billion, and would simply be known as Yahoo; Verizon would retain a 10 percent stake in the new group. 