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Icahn’s Yahoo! Board Announced

May 18, 2008 by tim · Leave a Comment 

Latest news in the saga for dominance of Yahoo!:

Carl Icahn has announced the nominees for his board of Yahoo!:

Mark Cuban – Sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo! in 1999 for $8.1 billion in stock.

John ChappleJohn Chapple – Former CEO of Nextel Partners, with a telecommunications investment fund.

Lucian BebchuckLucian Bebchuk – Harvard Law professor and director of Harvard’s program on corporate governance

Edward MeyerEdward Meyer – Former CEO of Grey Global Group, the worldwide advertising agency.

Keith Meister – Icahn’s own vice chairman. He was also added to Motorola’s board last month as part of the agreement to avoid a proxy battle with Icahn.

Brian PosnerBrian Posner - Former CEO of asset management firm, Clearbridge Advisors LLC.

Adam DellAdam Dell - brother of Michael, the founder of Dell Computers. He was previously a major shareholder of HotJobs.com, which Yahoo! bought for $439 million in 2002.

Robert ShayeRobert Shaye – founder of New Line Cinema and still co-CEO.

Frank BiondiFrank Biondi Jr – Former CEO of Viacom Inc. Also a director of Amgen, Cablevision Systems, Hasbro, The Bank of New York Mellon and Seagate Technology.

And the tenth member:
Carl IcahnCarl Icahn himself – 72-year-old investor, and corporate shaker.


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