LittleSis: Jerry Yang

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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Robert M Kargman	Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Mike DeWine, Martin Frost, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Candy Ergen	Howard Lawrence Berman, Frederick C Boucher, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers Jr, Anna Eshoo, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Mike DeWine, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Zoe Lofgren
Richard D Fain	Robert Bennett, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Tom Davis, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Harry Reid, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Steve Farber	Frederick C Boucher, Barbara Boxer, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Mike DeWine, William H Frist, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Frederick Graefe	Barbara Boxer, Anna Eshoo, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Mike DeWine, Calvin M Dooley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Vincent M Versage	Robert Bennett, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Anna Eshoo, Orrin Hatch, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, William H Frist, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Penny Pritzker	Barbara Boxer, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, William H Frist, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual
Melanie Barnes	Barbara Boxer, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual
Larry Ellison	Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers Jr, Anna Eshoo, Bob Goodlatte, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Harry Reid, Mike DeWine, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Zoe Lofgren
Peter Chernin	Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Mike DeWine, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Barry M Meyer	Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual
John Koza	Barbara Boxer, Anna Eshoo, Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Zoe Lofgren
William H Gates Sr	Howard Lawrence Berman, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, Zoe Lofgren
Russell S Holdstein	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
Sandi Stuart	Howard Lawrence Berman, Frederick C Boucher, Barbara Boxer, Anna Eshoo, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Calvin M Dooley, Martin Frost, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bayou Leader Political Action Committee, Zoe Lofgren
Heather Podesta	Howard Lawrence Berman, John Conyers Jr, Anna Eshoo, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
David Crane	Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers Jr, Anna Eshoo, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Harry Reid, Calvin M Dooley, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Zoe Lofgren
Herta Amir	Robert Bennett, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Adam Smith, Martin Frost, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee
Stanley M Chesley	Barbara Boxer, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Mike DeWine, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual
Eli Broad	Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, DCCC/Non-Federal Account 10

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