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1994: Jan: Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web created by grad students Jerry Yang and David Filo
1994: Dec: early mention on [netnews]
1995: Mar: Yahoo incorporated (acronym for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle)
1995: Aug: first banner ads
1996: 12Apr: IPO; 49 employees
1998: 25Dec: market cap $25B
1999: 12Jan: Tim Koogle CEO
1999: 28Jan: Yahoo buys GeoCities
2000: 28Jun: Yahoo buys eGroups
2001: 17Apr: Terry Semel CEO
Sources: corp timeline, corp history, stock timeline
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