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Toby Coppel joined Yahoo! in May 2001 as senior vice president of corporate development. In this role he is a key participant in the development of the Company's strategy and is responsible for the identification and pursuit of new business opportunities on a global basis, whether they be through internal development, mergers, acquisitions, investments, partnerships, alliances, and/or joint ventures.
Prior to joining Yahoo!, Coppel was managing director of Windsor Digital, an investment company founded by Yahoo!'s current chairman and chief executive officer, Terry Semel. Before joining Windsor, Coppel was vice president at Allen & Company, a well-known investment bank in the media and entertainment industry, responsible for working with the firm's internet clients. Coppel has also worked for Intel Capital where he worked on strategic equity investments in emerging broadband technologies. He began his career with Goldman Sachs International in London as a financial analyst in the communications, media and technology group.
Coppel graduated from Oxford University with a Master of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics with first class honors, and holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration with distinction from Harvard Business School.
Coppel is on the advisory board of Publicolor, an organization devoted to improving inner-city schools in New York City. | 