Yahoo Mail is owned by Apollo (the United States, NYSE: APO), which acquired the brand on 1 September 2021, as part of a $5 billion deal that also included Yahoo, Yahoo Finance and 3 others.[1][2] Yahoo Mail was founded in 1997 in the United States and was independent until 2021.
Evidence: Apollo Global Management, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-25, SEC EDGAR, 25 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Yahoo Mail launched in 1997 after Yahoo bought the webmail service Four11, and it remains one of the largest consumer email providers in the world. A breach disclosed in 2016 affected all three billion accounts, the largest ever recorded, and cut $350 million from the Verizon sale price.
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Apollo controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in internet & digital.
The 18 brands in email & messaging on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Snap, with 2.
Apollo is a private-equity firm headquartered in New York, New York, United States, founded in 1990. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: APO.
Apollo Global Management is one of the largest private equity firms in the world, founded in 1990 by former Drexel Burnham bankers. It bought ninety per cent of Yahoo from Verizon in 2021, which means the websites that defined the early consumer internet are now owned by a buyout fund rather than a technology company.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Yahoo Mail is not one of them.
Funds managed by Apollo Global Management acquired ninety per cent of Verizon Media, comprising Yahoo and AOL and their properties, in a deal valued at about $5 billion. Verizon retained the remaining ten per cent.
The parent company of Yahoo Mail is Apollo, a private-equity firm headquartered in the United States.
Yes. Yahoo Mail originated in the United States in 1997 and its owner, Apollo, is also headquartered in the United States.
Apollo completed its acquisition of Yahoo Mail on 1 September 2021, after announcing the deal on 3 May 2021. The deal, which also included Yahoo and Yahoo Finance and 3 others, was valued at $5 billion (enterprise value).
Yahoo Mail was an independent company from its founding in 1997 until Apollo acquired it in 2021.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Yahoo Mail is still owned by Apollo. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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