Jerry Yang

Co-founder of Yahoo!

Why didn't he take the money? Yahoo chieftain saw his stock languish for years, then pop 45% after Microsoft tried to snatch company up for $44.6 billion to take on Google in search. Balked at hostile takeover attempt; shareholder activist Carl Icahn led proxy battle to replace board, oust Yang as chief executive. Settled weeks later; Icahn and 2 friends now on expanded board. Stock down 39% since original Microsoft offer. Met partner David Filo in grad school at Stanford, turned Internet directory project into Web portal Yahoo. Left Ph.D. track 1995, took public a year later. Brought in "professionals": Tim Koogle in 1995, former Warner Bros. boss Terry Semel 2001. Agreed to ad partnership with Google in June following Microsoft debacle; Yahoo will post Google ads alongside Yahoo's search results.

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Donor	Common Recipients
Alicia W Smith	Howard Lawrence Berman, Frederick C Boucher, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers Jr, Anna Eshoo, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Mike DeWine, Bill Frist, Martin Frost, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, Zoe Lofgren
Steven M Champlin	Howard Lawrence Berman, Frederick C Boucher, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers Jr, Anna Eshoo, Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Calvin M Dooley, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Zoe Lofgren, DCCC/Non-Federal Account 10
Roselyne Chroman Swig	Robert Bennett, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Anna Eshoo, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Mike DeWine, Calvin M Dooley, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Zoe Lofgren
Constance (aka Elaine) Chambers	Barbara Boxer, Anna Eshoo, Bob Goodlatte, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Calvin M Dooley, Dick Gephardt, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, California Republican Party/V8, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Zoe Lofgren
Bill Gates	Robert Bennett, Howard Lawrence Berman, Frederick C Boucher, Bob Goodlatte, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, Zoe Lofgren
Steven A Ballmer	Howard Lawrence Berman, Frederick C Boucher, John Conyers Jr, Tom Davis, Bob Goodlatte, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Calvin M Dooley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Zoe Lofgren
Daniel C Tate Jr	Howard Lawrence Berman, Frederick C Boucher, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers Jr, Anna Eshoo, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Bill Frist, Calvin M Dooley, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
John T Chambers	Robert Bennett, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Anna Eshoo, Bob Goodlatte, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Harry Reid, Calvin M Dooley, Dick Gephardt, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, California Republican Party/V8, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Zoe Lofgren
James C Free	Howard Lawrence Berman, Frederick C Boucher, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers Jr, Anna Eshoo, Bob Goodlatte, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Bill Frist, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Zoe Lofgren
Amy Rothschild Friedkin	Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Mike DeWine, Bill Frist, Calvin M Dooley, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Zoe Lofgren
John Doerr	Barbara Boxer, Anna Eshoo, Bob Goodlatte, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Bill Frist, Calvin M Dooley, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Zoe Lofgren
Jack Valenti	Robert Bennett, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers Jr, Bob Goodlatte, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Harry Reid, Mike DeWine, Bill Frist, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Zoe Lofgren
Edgar Bronfman Jr	Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers Jr, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual
Jack M Quinn	Frederick C Boucher, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers Jr, Anna Eshoo, Patrick Leahy, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Calvin M Dooley, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Zoe Lofgren
Ada Horwich	Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Mike DeWine, Calvin M Dooley, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Thomas Boggs	Howard Lawrence Berman, Frederick C Boucher, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers Jr, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Bill Frist, Calvin M Dooley, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Zoe Lofgren
Claudia James	Howard Lawrence Berman, Frederick C Boucher, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers Jr, Anna Eshoo, Bob Goodlatte, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Harry Reid, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Mike DeWine, Martin Frost, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Zoe Lofgren
Laurence Harris	Frederick C Boucher, Barbara Boxer, Tom Davis, Anna Eshoo, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual
Donald G Fisher	Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Anna Eshoo, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Smith, Mike DeWine, Bill Frist, Calvin M Dooley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Zoe Lofgren, DCCC/Non-Federal Account 10
Tony Podesta	Howard Lawrence Berman, Frederick C Boucher, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers Jr, Anna Eshoo, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Zoe Lofgren

Jerry Yang

Co-founder of Yahoo!

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