Adam Cahan | |
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Born | New York City, US | December 30, 1971
Employer | Yahoo! |
Spouse |
Alice Larkin
(m. 2002; div. 2014) |
Partner | Anne Vyalitsyna (2014–2021) |
Children | 3 |
Adam Cahan (born December 30, 1971) is an American consumer technology executive who was Senior Vice President of Mobile and Emerging Products for Yahoo!,[1][2] where he oversaw the company's global mobile effort. In this role, he was responsible for leading product, engineering and design for Yahoo’s mobile products, Flickr and Smart TV.[3]
Cahan joined Yahoo in April 2011 through the acquisition of his start-up IntoNow,[4] a patented consumer application, which he sold to Yahoo for between $20 million and $30 million.[5][6] When Marissa Mayer became CEO of Yahoo in 2012, she appointed Cahan to lead the company’s mobile initiatives, and he grew the division from 50 employees to over 900. From less than $11 Million in revenue to $1.8 Billion[3][1] Since the company's mobile unit went live in October 2012, Yahoo has refreshed its Flickr and Mail apps, introduced News Digest, and bought nearly 40 companies.[1] As of June 2014, Yahoo Mobile had 430 million monthly users.[1]
In 2017, Cahan left Yahoo as the company was acquired by Verizon.[7]
Prior to building IntoNow, Cahan's first start-up company was Auditude, a video infrastructure and ad serving company, which was later acquired by Adobe in 2011.[8]
Cahan began his career as an associate producer and wildlife filmmaker for National Geographic Television, based in Zaire, Africa, from 1993 to 1996. He later became an executive vice president of strategy and business operations at MTV Networks, and held leadership roles at Google, McKinsey & Company and NBCUniversal. He holds two technology patents.[9][10]