Here is the offical history of YAHOO! http://docs.yahoo.com/info/misc/history.html "Yahoo! began as a student hobby and evolved into a global brand that has changed the way people communicate with each other, find and access information and purchase things. The two founders of Yahoo!, David Filo and Jerry Yang, Ph.D. candidates in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, started their guide in a campus trailer in February 1994 as a way to keep track of their personal interests on the Internet. Before long they were spending more time on their home-brewed lists of favorite links than on their doctoral dissertations. Eventually, Jerry and David's lists became too long and unwieldy, and they broke them out into categories. When the categories became too full, they developed subcategories ... and the core concept behind Yahoo! was born...."
You want both? (fame and fortune) I want neither because I'm willing to settle for 'half a fortune'. Yahoo is a great story, I'm sure more are on the way the next 5 years. ps. (To help you on your journey) Good luck! Baby look at me And tell me what you see You ain't seen the best of me yet Give me time I'll make you forget the rest I got more in me And you can set it free I can catch the moon in my hands Don't you know who I am Remember my name Fame I'm gonna live forever I'm gonna learn how to fly High I feel it coming together People will see me and cry Fame I'm gonna make it to heaven Light up the sky like a flame Fame I'm gonna live forever Baby remember my name Remember Remember Remember... -From the old Movie "Fame".