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Mallett is recognized as an icon of the Internet technology boom that lit up stock markets from the mid-to-late 1990s. In 1995 Yahoo! founder Jerry Yang offered North Vancouver-born Mallett the job of president and COO at Yang’s 11-employee startup Nasdaq:YHOO before the web portal had a coherent business model. Mallett helped the company go public in 1996, and during his seven-year tenure, he helped build Yahoo into one of the most recognizable entertainment and media brands in the world. By 2002, Mallett managed a global workforce of 4,000 employees in 27 countries, with $1 billion in revenue, and had overseen more than 20 acquisitions for the company. As president and chief operating officer for Yahoo Inc. from 1995–2002, Mallett helped drive extraordinary growth and success for the company while simultaneously serving as an elected member of the Board of Directors.
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