Jeff Bonforte

Bio

Jeff Bonforte recently left Yahoo, where he was the SVP of Search, Data, Email and Research. Over his five year tenure, Jeff had global responsibility for some of the company's most iconic products, and established a reputation as a leading product leader in the company, overseeing the turnaround of Yahoo Mail to become the company's highest performing business group. Jeff joined Yahoo through the $70M acquisition of Xobni in 2013, where he was CEO for five years. He was also CEO of Gizmo5, a VOIP startup, acquired by Google in 2008. Prior to Gizmo5, he was founder of three other startups, including online storage pioneer, i-drive.com. In addition to his startup work, Jeff is an active angel investor with over 70 investments. He is a board member at Playworks, a national charity providing safe and inclusive play for hundreds of thousands of low-income students. He is a father to three young children. He graduated magna cum laude from UCLA. He has over 450 skydives and is team owner of Aston Martin Racing North America.