Jim Lanzone

Jim Lanzone is the CEO of Yahoo Inc., a role he has held since September 2021 following Apollo Global Management's acquisition of Yahoo from Verizon. In this capacity, he leads one of the internet's most iconic brands through a strategic reinvention, overseeing Yahoo's portfolio of properties including Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Mail, and its advertising technology business. Under his leadership, Yahoo has focused on rebuilding its identity as a scaled digital media and AdTech platform, leveraging its substantial first-party data and audience reach to compete in the evolving programmatic advertising landscape. Lanzone brings a distinctive track record of revitalizing consumer internet brands. Prior to Yahoo, he served as CEO of Tinder, the world's leading dating app, where he oversaw product innovation and international growth. Before that, he was CEO of CBS Interactive, the digital arm of CBS Corporation, where he managed a broad portfolio of digital media properties and drove significant growth in streaming and digital advertising revenue. Earlier in his career, he served as CEO of Ask.com, where he led the search engine through a period of competitive repositioning. Across his career, Lanzone has been recognized as a builder of digital consumer products at scale, with deep expertise in monetization, digital advertising, and audience development. His experience spanning search, social, entertainment, and media makes him one of the more versatile executives in the consumer internet and AdTech space. His leadership of Yahoo positions the company as a significant independent player in digital advertising, with particular emphasis on first-party data strategies as the industry navigates the deprecation of third-party cookies.

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