Jeff Mallett
| Jeff Mallett | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jeffrey Mallett August 7, 1964 North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Residence | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Alma mater |
University of Victoria San Francisco State University |
| Employer |
Yahoo! (1995–2002) SNOCAP (2005–2008) |
| Known for | Director of Yahoo! |
| Board member of | Synacor |
| Children | 2 |
Jeffrey Mallett (born 7 August 1964) is a Canadian entrepreneur and investor. He is best known for building internet giant Yahoo!. Described as Yahoo's "wizard behind the curtains pulling all the levers," Mallett manages a portfolio of Internet, sports, entertainment and real estate investments in the United States, Canada, England, and China.
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. Mallett helped the company go public in 1996, and during his seven-year tenure, helped build Yahoo into an entertainment and media brands.
By 2002, Mallett managed a 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 growth and success for the company while simultaneously serving as an elected member of the Board of Directors.
Mallett is a principal owner and executive committee member of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants, a role which includes ownership and management of the award-winning AT&T Park and 30% ownership of the San Francisco Bay Area's regional sports cable television network Comcast SportsNet Bay Area. In April 2009, the San Francisco Giants purchased a 25 percent ownership stake in the San Jose Giants, with the option of buying another 30 percent of the team, or a controlling interest, by the end of 2010. The San Jose Giants are a member of the Class A Advanced California League and part of the San Francisco team's minor-league farm system since 1988. Mallett joined the San Francisco Giants organization in 2002.
On March 20, 2009 he became a principal investor of Derby County Football Club, which plays in the English League Championship. Mallett travels to England frequently as a member of the Derby County Football Club Board of Directors.
Mallett is an investor and co-director of the Vancouver Whitecaps. The Vancouver Whitecaps ownership group consists of Greg Kerfoot, Steve Luczo, Jeff Mallett, and Steve Nash. On October 15, 2008, the Whitecaps submitted a bid to secure one of two MLS expansion teams for the 2011 season, having announced their bidding plans at a press conference in Vancouver on July 25, 2008. On March 18, 2009, Major League Soccer (MLS) commissioner Don Garber announced that Vancouver would be the home of the 17th team in MLS. The MLS team will begin play in 2011 at the temporary Empire Field, and then move during that season to the newly renovated BC Place Stadium in the city’s downtown entertainment district. The venue will undergo approximately $458 million in improvements before the new team takes to the field, and will have a 20,000-seat soccer-specific configuration.[] The 2009 Vancouver Whitecaps season went down as one of the most eventful campaigns in club history. [Outdated]
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