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A Yahoo! board member since 1996 Eric Hippeau is managing partner of Softbank Capital Partners a technology oriented venture capital firm. Before joining SOFTBANK Capital Partners from 1993-2000 Mr. Hippeau served as Chairman and CEO of Ziff-Davis Inc. an integrated media & marketing services company serving the technology community. Mr. Hippeau joined Ziff-Davis in 1989 as Publisher of PC Magazine was named executive vice president of Ziff-Davis in 1990 and chief operating officer in 1991. During his career at Ziff-Davis Mr. Hippeau established himself as a true visionary recognizing the trend toward the Internet long before others. Prior to joining Ziff-Davis Mr. Hippeau held a number of positions with IDG including vice president of computer publications in Latin America and publisher of IDG's InfoWorld magazine. In addition to Yahoo! Mr. Hippeau sits on a number of Boards of Directors including Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. and Odimo Incorporated. | 