Yahoo!

Online portal website created to integrate a vast array of information ranging from entertainment to finance news. Users are able to customize homepages, check email, and search the World Wide Web. Yahoo Inc. was founded in 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo and has grown to be one of the most visited sites in the world. In 2008, the company rejected a $44.6B partnership offer from Microsoft, but agreed to a smaller deal in 2009. Yahoo is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.