Carol Bartz is the chief executive officer and a director of Yahoo!. Previously, Bartz served as executive chairman of the board of Autodesk, Inc. In April, 2006, she stepped down as chairman, president and CEO of Autodesk after 14 years with the company. During her tenure, the company diversified its product line and grew revenues from $285 million to $1.523 billion in FY06.

Bartz previously held positions at Sun Microsystems, most recently serving as vice president of worldwide field operations and an executive officer of the company. Before joining Sun, she held product line and sales management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation and 3M Corporation.

Bartz holds an honors degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin. She was granted an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from William Woods University.

Mr. Biondi has served as a member of the Board of Directors since August 2008. He has served as Senior Managing Director of WaterView Advisors LLC, a private equity limited partnership focused on media and entertainment, since 1999. From April 1996 to November 1998, Mr. Biondi served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Studios, Inc. From July 1987 to January 1996, Mr. Biondi served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom, Inc. Mr. Biondi is a director of Amgen, Inc., Cablevision Systems Corporation, Hasbro, Inc. and Seagate Technology. Mr. Biondi holds a Bachelor's degree from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Mr. Bostock has served as Chairman of the Board since January 2008 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since May 2003. He has served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Delta Air Lines, Inc. since October 2008, as a principal of Sealedge Investments, LLC, a diversified private investment company, since 2002 and as Chairman of the Board of The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, a not-for-profit corporation creating advertising to reduce the use of illicit drugs in the United States, since October 2002. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Northwest Airlines Corporation, the parent of Northwest Airlines, Inc., from May 2007 until its merger with Delta Air Lines, Inc. in October 2008 and as the Chairman of the Board of the Committee for Economic Development, a Washington, D.C.-based public policy group, from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Bostock served as Chairman of the Board of BCom3 Group, Inc., a global advertising agency group (now part of Publicis Groupe S.A.), from January 2000 to mid 2001. From July 1990 to January 2000, Mr. Bostock served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Inc., an advertising and marketing services firm, and its successor company, The MacManus Group, Inc. Mr. Bostock also serves as a director of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Bostock holds a Bachelor's degree from Duke University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Mr. Burkle has served as a member of the Board of Directors since November 2001. Mr. Burkle is Managing Partner of The Yucaipa Companies, a private investment firm, which he founded in 1986. Mr. Burkle has served as Chairman of the Board and controlling shareholder of numerous companies including Alliance Entertainment, a distributor of music, movies and game software, Golden State Foods, and supermarket chains Dominick's, Fred Meyer, Ralphs and Food4Less. Mr. Burkle is Co-Chairman of the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA and is currently a trustee of the Carter Center, the National Urban League, Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy and AIDS Project Los Angeles. Mr. Burkle also serves as a director of Occidental Petroleum Corp. and KB Home Corporation.

Mr. Chapple has served as a member of the Board of Directors since August 2008. He has served as President of Hawkeye Investments LLC, a privately-owned equity firm investing primarily in telecommunications and real estate ventures, since October 2006. Prior to forming Hawkeye, Mr. Chapple served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Nextel Partners from January 1998 to June 2006, when the company was purchased by Sprint Communications. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Chapple was the President and Chief Operating Officer for Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment in Vancouver, B.C., which at the time owned and operated Vancouver's National Basketball Association and National Hockey League sports franchises in addition to the General Motors Place sports arena. From 1988 to 1995, he served as Executive Vice President of Operations for McCaw Cellular Communications and subsequently AT&T Wireless Services following the merger of those companies. Mr. Chapple serves on the board of directors of several telecommunications companies: Cbeyond, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBEY) an integrated service telephone company, Leap Wireless International, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEAP) a provider of wireless communications services, and privately held companies Seamobile Enterprises which provides integrated wireless services at sea and Telesphere Networks, Inc., a VOIP (voice over internet protocol) company providing service in 44 states. In addition, he has served as a member of Syracuse University's board of trustees since 2005 and as Chairman since 2008. Mr. Chapple holds a Bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and completed Harvard University's Advanced Management Program.

Mr. Hippeau has served as a member of the Board of Directors since January 1996. Mr. Hippeau has served as Chief Executive Officer of HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. since June 2009. He has served as a Special Partner of SOFTBANK Capital, a technology oriented venture capital firm, since June 2009 and as a Managing Partner from 2000 to June 2009. Before joining SOFTBANK Capital, from 1993 to 2000, Mr. Hippeau served as Chairman and CEO of Ziff-Davis, Inc., an integrated media and marketing services company serving the technology community. Mr. Hippeau joined Ziff-Davis, Inc. in 1989 as Publisher of PC Magazine and held several senior executive positions before becoming Chairman and CEO. Mr. Hippeau also serves as a director of a number of private technology companies and of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Ms. James has served as a member of the Board of Directors since January 2010. Ms. James originally joined Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, in 1975, serving as a partner from 1987 until her retirement in June 2006, and as a consultant from June 2006 to December 2009. During her tenure with Ernst & Young, she was the lead partner or partner-in-charge for the audit work for a significant number of technology companies, including Intel Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Amazon.com, Autodesk and the Hewlett-Packard Corporation, and for the Ernst & Young North America Global Account Network. She also served on the Ernst & Young Americas Executive Board of Directors from January 2002 through June 2006. She is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ms. James serves on the Board of Directors of the Tri-Valley Animal Rescue, a non-profit that is dedicated to providing homes for homeless pets. Ms. James also serves on the Board of Directors of Applied Materials, Inc. and Coherent, Inc. Ms. James holds Bachelor's degrees from Hunter College and San Jose State University.

Mr. Joshi has served as a member of the Board of Directors since July 2005. Mr. Joshi was elected Executive Vice President of the Imaging and Printing Group at Hewlett-Packard Company ("HP") in 2002 after serving as Vice President since January 2001. Mr. Joshi also served as Chairman of Phogenix Imaging LLC, a joint venture between HP and Eastman Kodak Company, from 2000 until May 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Joshi was Vice President and General Manager of Inkjet Systems. Mr. Joshi holds a Master's degree in electrical engineering from Ohio State University.

Mr. Kern has served as a member of the Board of Directors since January 1996. Mr. Kern has been an investor in several media and marketing companies and has served as Chairman of the Board of American Media Management, Inc. since December 1990. Mr. Kern was also co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of American Media, Inc., a group owner of commercial radio stations sold to AMFM (now part of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.) in October 1994. Mr. Kern is a member of the Board of Directors of the UCSF Foundation, the Yale University Development Board, and the Prostate Cancer Foundation and is a trustee of the Environmental Defense Fund. Mr. Kern holds a Bachelor's degree from Yale University.

Mr. Wilson has served as a member of the Board of Directors since November 2001. Mr. Wilson served as Chairman of the Board of Northwest Airlines Corporation ("Northwest"), the parent of Northwest Airlines, Inc., from April 1997 to May 2007 and as Co-Chairman of the Board of Northwest from 1991 to 1997. He also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Walt Disney Company from 1985 to 1989. Prior to that time, Mr. Wilson served for 11 years in various executive positions at Marriott Corp., including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wilson is currently a Trustee Emeritus of Duke University, a member of the Board of Overseers of the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, a member of the NCAA Leadership Advisory Board and a member of the Board of Directors of Millennium Promise. Mr. Wilson serves as a director of CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Mr. Wilson holds a Bachelor's degree from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton Graduate School of Business.

Jerry Yang, a Taiwanese native raised in San Jose, Calif., co-created the Yahoo! Internet navigational guide in April 1994 with David Filo and co-founded Yahoo! Inc. in April 1995. He served as chief executive officer of the company from June 2007 to January 2009.

Mr. Yang, a leading force in the Internet media industry, has been instrumental in building Yahoo! into the world's most highly trafficked Web site and one of the world's most recognized brands.

Since the company's founding, Mr. Yang has been a key member of the executive management team. His focus at Yahoo! over the years has included corporate strategy, Yahoo!'s technology vision, strategic business partnerships and international joint ventures, and recruiting key talent.

In addition to serving on the Yahoo! Board of Directors, Mr. Yang currently serves on the board of directors of Cisco Systems, Yahoo! Japan, and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., and is also on the Stanford University Board of Trustees. Mr. Yang holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University and is currently on a leave of absence from Stanford's electrical engineering Ph.D. program.